5 continents

Ages

Introduction

Summary

We highlight here the relation between the Earth as a rotating globe and its plane projection.

The chosen viewpoint does not permit Antarctica to be shown.

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Goals

• To illustrate the correlation between the 3D globe and the 2D map, and to introduce the difficulties involved in producing such a projection.

Features

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Tags

continent africa america europe asia oceania ocean earth map projection mercator