The world looks different depending on how it is mapped.

Some prioritise shape, others prioritise size, and some aim to balance both. The result is that the same world can look very different.

Explore:
map-shop.co.uk/product-cate...

#MapShop #Cartography #WorldMaps #MapProjections #Geography

Today’s #30DayMapChallenge is all about projections.

Here’s the world through a heart-shaped projection, giving the map a creative twist the farther out you look.

#Cartography #MapProjections

#30DayMapChallenge Day 19: Projections 🍊🌍

Ever tried peeling an orange and laying it flat? It cracks apart, just like the Earth when we project it onto a map.

So today I made a world map out of orange peel, styled in a polar stereographic projection. Made in […]

[Original post on fosstodon.org]

Ever noticed how Greenland looks huge on a map? It’s actually way smaller than Africa—thanks to map distortion! #RandomFact #MapProjections #Geography #FunFacts #DidYouKnow

Original post on subdued.social

Of course, we cartographers will never stop sharing this clip from the West Wing on occasions such as these:

"Why are we changing maps?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLqC3FNNOaI

#PetersProjection #GallPetersProjection #GallPeters #Mercator #MercatorProjection #MapProjections #maps […]

A simple grayscale map of the world using the Equal Earth Projection. Instead of a rectangular projection like Mercator, the graticule lines curve gently toward the top and bottom of the map, giving all contents their true areas relative to each other.

More about the #CorrectTheMap campaign is here: https://correctthemap.org/ and you can learn more about the #EqualEarthProjection here: https://equal-earth.com/equal-earth-projection.html

#maps #cartography #MapProjections

Original post on subdued.social

Map projections in the news! And we cartographers are all relieved that it's not the Gall-Peters Projection again. The newer Equal Earth Projection is a much better alternative to Mercator.

Via Reuters: "African Union urges adoption of world map showing continent's true size" […]

PowerBI Map Projection Options It would be really helpful if there was a way to update the map projection in ArcGIS for PowerBI. I have polar data with points in North Pole and they fall off of the Mercator Projection default in PoweBI. Is there a work around for changing the projection, or are there future plans to have differen...

#mapprojections #ArcGISforPowerBI

7/14 jkrems explains the implications of over/misrepresentation in map projections, especially regarding area & population. It's not just about size, it's about perspective! #mapprojections #geopolitics #perspective

5/14 A major theme: the Mercator projection distorts land sizes! 🗺️ Participants advocate for globes or alternative projections in education. Ditch the Mercator! #MercatorProjection #mapprojections #education

A screenshot from Terrible Maps, showing the effects of commonly used map projections on a black and white sketch of a human head. Upper left: globular Upper right: Orthographic Lower left: Stereographic Lower right: Mercator

Another way of understanding #MapProjections.

Note Mercator (lower right).

#Maps #Geography

Thera: Orthographic Projections, Two-Hemispheres.

#Worldbuilding #Fantasy #Mapmaking #Mapprojections

Text book figure, same man’s head drawn In four different projections; Charles H. Deetz, Elements of Map Projection With Applications to Map and Chart Construction (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921)

#Mapping / #Cartography – A Visualisation Example Of How #Projections ‘Shape’ Your Data
-
www.leventhalmap.org/digital-exhi...
-
Here is one of my most useful (100yr old!) teaching aids - with a dynamic web page to 'match'!
#GIS #spatial #projection #mapprojections #learning #education #teachingaids

I also love this image from 1921 (!), still useful today, and when I used to teach a little it was part of my coursework… we are so visual…
(Deetz, Elements of Map Projection...)
#GIS #spatial #mapping #map #mapprojections #geography #coordinates #film #video #education #training #onlinelearning

The Impossible Map Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it …

The Impossible Map [video, 1947]
-
www.nfb.ca/film/impossi...  <--link to video
-
#GIS #spatial #mapping #map #mapprojections #geography #coordinates #film #video #education #training #onlinelearning
@National Film Board of Canada @thenfb

Nostalgia – #Cartography & #Projections On #NetworkTV’s #WestWing
-
youtu.be/UPaca-SrvEk?...
-
#GIS #spatial #mapping #mapprojections #gischat #TV #EqualEarth #mapping #representation #mapgeeks #mapgeekiness #mercator #rhumblines #navigation #usecase #marine #shape #area #distance

I just spent some time looking at various map projections. Authagraph, eh? https://geoawesomeness.com/best-map-projection/ #MapProjections #Maps via @geoawesomeness