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Using Polygons to Show Projection Distortion

by kkermode | Sep 12, 2017 | activity idea, competencies, global education, google maps, maps, math, my maps, science, social studies

When we are exploring maps our students sometimes they forget that the world they’re looking at on a flat screen has been distorted so that they can see all of the countries straight on. This distortion to maps is called Mercator Projection. When we put the...

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