Maps, Maps, and more Maps!!!!

Mercator maps (ab)

  • used in schools, for transportation,for sailing
  • topography map- shows RD.'s, MT.'s, all cities and states (even smallest ones) (could zoom out to show a bit less detail)
  • curved line of lat. and longitude - looking at a little part of the map
  • gets size wrong of countries
  • closest to the equator the countries get countries get smaller, poorest countries nearest the equator
Peters map (c)

  • correct size of countries
  • more accurate 
  • as you go up on the map the longitude and latitude space between each lines gets smaller 
  • you could flip it and it would still be accurate
psychology

  • we could flip the peters map so Australia was on top but no one would bc. its weird  
  • Me make countries bigger then they are and they become more important to us 
  • if countries are on the top they are more important to us- why America is on the top left hand corner and bigger then some European countries they aren't realistically bigger than 


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