projections of earth

1. PROJECTIONS OF EARTH By: Leyla Fernández

2. A mapProjection is anymethod of representing the surface of the EARTH.

3. A map projection must have been used to create the map Maps could not exist without map projections

4. Cylindricalprojection Thesurface of ourplanetisprojectedonto a cylinder, thenwhenitiscut , we can visualizedtheparallels and meridians.

5. Conicalprojection Thisprojection of ourplanet Makes a map in theshape of a fan. It looks as if a paperconeiscoveringtheglobe.

6. AzimuthProjection Thisis a round projection of ourplanet; we can onlyseehalf of it. It looks as ifourplanetweretouching a plainsurface.

7. Goode’sprojection Thisprojectionwascreatedbyan American geography J. Paul Goode . Ourplanetispresented in irregular partsjoinedtogetherwith a littledistortion.