Map Projection Overview

Understanding how we transform Earth's spherical surface onto flat maps

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Current Projection

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Key Insight

All map projections distort Earth's surface in some way. The challenge is choosing which properties to preserve.

Distortion Properties

Shape: -
Area: -
Distance: -
Direction: -

Legend

Landmasses
Grid lines

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