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axis

estimate

perspective

map

direction

compare

size

judge

accurately

angle

distances

models

projection

change

For four centuries, map makers have been trying to convert three-dimensional information as accurately (example) as possible onto a two-dimensional plane. However, each method of [1] involves a compromise. Thus Mercator’s projection indicates true north and south, known as fidelity of [2], but misrepresents the relative size of countries.

To avoid this distortion, other cartographers rounded the lines of latitude and longitude. Dr. Peters felt that such maps presented a first-world [3]. His map, with equal area projection, enables us to [4] the size of one country with another.