Cartography Development - Technische Universiteit Eindhoven

Mollweide projection Mercator projection
Cilindrical projection
Equal area surfaces
Mercator projection
The Mercator projection has become dominant in cartography. It makes it
easy for sea farers to plot a course, however, like all projections, it
distorts the view of the world. Other forms of projection have been used
to overcome the shortcomings of the Mercator projection. They also
convey a different view of the world. In the Mercator projection the
western countries in the northern hemisphere look disproportional big and
Africa to small. It has been argued that this feeds the predjudice that the
world is all about the developed countries and that the rest is of no
particular importance. The cylindrical projection for instance depicts the
dimensions of the landsurfaces but the top and bottom look very
unnatural flattened.
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