Welcome to Map World
Four Major Types of Projections
(Four Brothers)
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Cylindrical
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Pseudocyldrical
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Azimuthal
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Conic
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Each major type of Projection distorts the globe in different ways.
The map you should choose select will depend on how you want to use it.
Activities:
[1] Use yoour imagination to draw pictures of what you think the four brothers might look like. Be sure to put their names close to them to help you remember.
[2] Write the names of the four sisters in one column. Write the names of the four brothers in the other column beside the first about five inches away. Now draw a line from each brother to the sister that you think distorts her the least..
[3] Gather four small balls (could use clay), some cardboard tubes from paper towels, and some cone shaped paper drinking cups. Make a display showing how each of the projections is done.