Question

Analyze the map below and answer the question that follows.

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Every map projection is helpful in some ways. No projection is perfect, though! Which map projection is shown in the
image above? What is helpful about this map projection, and what problems does this projection have? Explain your
answer in a short paragraph.

Answer 1

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The map shown here is the Mercator Projection. This is the map most commonly used in the world today. It helps diagram many land areas and features, but it distorts some parts of the world close to the poles such as Greenland and Antarctica. Due to Earth's spherical nature these to not translate well to a flat map, so they appear much bigger than they actually are.

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