Map Projections - I

Map Projections I

A map projection is a way to show the Earth’s round surface on a flat piece of paper or a screen. Since Earth is a sphere, flattening it always causes some distortion—meaning shapes, sizes, or distances may not be perfectly accurate. Scientists and cartographers (mapmakers) use...

Did you know Greenland can look gigantic on some maps and tiny on others? That's because no flat map can show the round Earth perfectly.

The Earth is a three-dimensional sphere, but maps are two-dimensional.

Mapmakers use projections to create a flat map, similar to flattening out an orange peel, but this process always causes some ...