Download MAP PROJECTIONS

1)Mercator
Projection
2)Interrupted Projection
3)Peters Projection
4)Robinson Projection
Greenland
South
America
Africa
South
America
Advantages:
Shows the correct areas of landmasses and oceans
Directions are accurate
Disadvantages:
Distorts the shapes of Africa and South America they
appear longer and thinner than they really are
Advantages:
• Correct sizes and
shapes of most
landmasses
• Fairly accurate- sizes
and shapes of
landmasses
• Accurately shows sizes
of oceans and
distances across land
Disadvantages:
• Distorts regions along
edges
Which representation of the Earth is more
accurate: globes or maps? Why?
 True or False: All map projections are
distorted.
 What are the four types of map
projections?
 What is one advantage and one
disadvantages of each map projection?

Greenland
South
America
In reality: Greenland is 1/8th the size of South
America.
How does the Mercator map distort Greenland?
How do the
shapes of Africa
and South
America on the
Peters Projection
compare with the
actual shapes of
Africa and South
America?
What is a disadvantage of the
Robinson Projection?