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A Photograph of the Earth from Space

Explore how Gerardus Mercator's orange peel projection helped solve the problem of making a flat map of our round world. Discover how this unique method provides a more accurate representation of country sizes on a map.

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A Photograph of the Earth from Space

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  1. A Photograph of the Earth from Space

  2. How do we make a flat map of our round World?

  3. Gerardus Mercator solved the problem

  4. Take an Orange

  5. Mark it like this

  6. Cut along the lines

  7. Cut one side open

  8. Open up

  9. Eat the fruit

  10. Flatten out the peel

  11. Here is the orange peel projection of the World

  12. Some problems

  13. the UK

  14. and India

  15. look about the same size

  16. It folds up into an icosahedron

  17. The sizes of the countries are much nearer to the correct ones

  18. The sizes of the countries are much nearer to the correct ones

  19. A soccer ball World

  20. Australia North America Antarctica Asia Europe South America Africa

  21. Fill in the names of the Continents on your own map

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