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There are many different kinds of map projections, and this lesson showed three important examples. Why are different map projections necessary? Why can’t we have just one map projection?

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Because there are different map projections, each one is different because no projection is perfect
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There are many different kinds of map projections, and this lesson showed three important examples. ... This happens because no map projection is perfect. Each map projection has a problem with distortion. Some distort areas, and others distort shapes or distances.

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