Student World Atlas (Maailma atlas)
Cut it apart, and flatten it
~ to make a map.
To show th e ro und Ear rh o n flat pap er , m apm ak ers used d ifferent
projections , o r ways o fjsho wm g a ro u n d sha pe o n a flat su rface .
Thisdiagram shows how a
Mercator projection distortsthe
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
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