Student World Atlas (Maailma atlas)
With every proj ection the sha pes o f places a re cha nged so m ewhat.
sizes ofplaces. Compare
This IS ca lled di stortion . To find distorti on, you can co m pa re the
Greenland on the map and the
la tit ud e and lon gitude lines of a map to th ose same lines o n a glo be.
globe.
Projections - Making the Round World Flat
Robinson Projection
Arthur Rob in son, an American m ap m ak er , wanted to d evelop a
ma p proj ect IOn that "loo ked" n ght. T hi s projecti on uses ma ny
di sto rti ons bu t none are