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Comprehensive Map Projections Overview for World Geography Class

This schedule includes a quiz on map terms and projections, focusing on Al-Idrisi's Islamic Map and Ptolemy's instructions. Compare areas of Greenland, Africa, the Former Soviet Union, Europe, South America, and China to understand map distortions. Learn about Mercator Projection and Robinson Projection in world geography.

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Comprehensive Map Projections Overview for World Geography Class

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  1. APWH schedule Wed 9/12: C 4 due Thurs 9/13: Terms/Map quiz (25 pts) Unit I quest: Thursday 9/20 Point of View

  2. Al-Idrisi: An Islamic Map of the World, 1154

  3. Ptolemic Map of the World (1474) from Ptolemy’s 2nd Century CE instructions)

  4. Map Projections

  5. Mercator Projection 1569

  6. Mercator Projection: Distortion of areas but not shapes...

  7. Is Greenland larger or smaller than Africa? Greenland: 0.8 million sq. miles Africa: 11.6 million sq. miles

  8. Is the former Soviet Union larger or smaller than Africa? • Africa compared to the Former Soviet Union • The former Soviet Union is 8.7 million square miles. • Africa is 11.6 million square miles.

  9. Is Europe larger or smaller than South America? • Europe is 3.8 million square miles. • South America is 6.9 million square miles

  10. Is Greenland larger or smaller than China? • Greenland is 0.8 million square miles • China is 3.7 million square miles

  11. Point of View?

  12. Robinson Projection (1961):a map projection of a world map, which shows the entire world at once.

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