Maps and map-making; three lectures delivered under the auspices of the Royal geographical society (1910)
Reeves, Edward Ayearst, 1862-1945, Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) · London, The Royal geographical society · leaf 136
tort orexaggerate in some way or other, a man who is con-structing a map has really to make the best of a bad job, andto consider what sort of distortions he can best allow for thespecial object of his map. Some projections, whilst theypull the form of the continents all out of shape, preserveequal… … MCRCATOR S \ _L !^..i:._. /_ s T H v 7 j -Z J12 t t c^ _/ 4 l_ lQ. 1 >h J£L 9+ J- X - 1 - - \ L !* V Fig. 114. Fig. 115. projections give the individual land forms their rightshape, but to do this equal area is lost. For the general representation of a large area, but lessthan a hemisphere, a…
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