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Who would be most likely to use this projection?

• Ship Captains

• Pilots

• Meteorologists

• Teachers

Why does distortion occur on every map?

• Cartographers are politically biased.

• GIS technology encourages errors.

• The 3D world cannot be accurately converted to 2D

Why does Google maps use the Mercator projection?

• Direction is easier to navigate on the grid system

• The size and shape of continents is more accurate.

• It is easy to calculate mileage

• Because all of the Earth can be seen on the Mercator

Which of the following projections does NOT take into account the roundness of the Earth's surface?

• Robinson

• Mercator

• Polar

Identify this projection

• Robinson
• Winkel Tripel
• Polar
• Mercator

Which map projection provides the most realistic depiction of the globe? 

• Mercator
• Robinson 
• Miller 
• Gall-Peters

The Red lines are showing what? 

• Longitude
• Latitude
• Prime Meridians
• Tropics

A mercator map is a ___________ shape.

• square

• round

• trriangle

• rectangle

A disadvantage to the Mercator would be

• show true directions

• landsize is distorted or misrepresented

• used for marine navigation

• most commonly used map

A winkel tripel projection has a disadvantage due to

• small amount of distortion

• curved

• latitude lines are curved