please tell me what is a map projection
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a method for representing part of the surface of the earth or a celestial sphere on a plane surface.
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As we know the world is like a ball, but when we draw it on a paper we cannot show the curvature and have to show it as flat . this inevitably causes some distortion - either the shape of the continents and the distances will get distorted or objects will get placed in the wrong directions . sailors needed correct directions and shapes so that they could identify the landmarks .mercator devised a method for showing the correct shapes and directions of continents but with distortion of sizes and distances . this is called map projection or mercator projection
As we know the world is like a ball, but when we draw it on a paper we cannot show the curvature and have to show it as flat . this inevitably causes some distortion - either the shape of the continents and the distances will get distorted or objects will get placed in the wrong directions . sailors needed correct directions and shapes so that they could identify the landmarks .mercator devised a method for showing the correct shapes and directions of continents but with distortion of sizes and distances . this is called map projection or mercator projection
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