portraying earth

Portraying Earth

Finish Themes and Issues in WRG Maps Map Projections Map ProjectFor Wednesday: Read Chapter 2 (pp. 50-55)

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Geopolitical FrameworkNations vs. States Ethnic Separatism – Centripetal

vs. Centrifugal Forces

Figure 1.42 Figure 1.43Basques in Spain

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The Colonial Imprint

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Wealth and Poverty

Figure 1.44

2009 Global Recession

Figure 1.45

Impoverished Brick Workers in India

Development: Economic and Social

Economic Development

Figure 1.48

Figure 1.49

Social Development – Health and Education

Figure 1.51

Figure 1.50

Receiving a polio vaccine in Jakarta

Women and Literacy

What is a Map?

Maps

What is a map? A map is a representation of

the surface of the earth. At its best, a map will

always fail to tell the whole story.

Maps show distance, direction, size, and shape.

Almost always have a special purpose, or theme.

Map Projections

How to transfer data from a roughly spherical object to a flat sheet of paper has puzzled and challenged cartographers for centuries.

Major Dilemma: Equivalence vs. Conformality• Equivalent projection – equal area• Conformal projection – proper angular

relationships Every map projection is a compromise!

Map Projections

Do you prefer a conformal or equivalent map projection? Why? Which is “more accurate”?

ConformalEquivalent

Robinson Projection

Interrupted Projection

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Map Project

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