DP # 1 ON GEOGRAPHY

1. Which projection dates back over 2,000 years to the Egyptians and Greeks?

The Orthographic projection dates back over 2000 years to the Egyptians and Greeks.

The Orthographic projection was used for perspective views of the earth, with the

directions being true only from the center point. With areas and shapes being distorted

by perspective and distortion increasing away from the center point.

Which projection shows true direction?

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Mercator Projection shows true direction fairly accurately.

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Azimuthal Projection shows true compass directions

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The best would be Globe Projection able to give true direction, distance, shapes and
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Which projection would be your best choice to use for navigation in a conical
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layout?

Lambert Conformal Conic is the best choice to use for navigation in a conical layout
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because it “used to show a country or region that is mainly east-west in extent.” It also

retains conformality with directions reasonably accurate and distortion of shapes and
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areas minimal but it increases away from standard parallels.

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Pick an ocean and discuss which projection you would use to map it and why.
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I would pick the Lambert Conformal Conic projection to map the North Atlantic Ocean.

The reason for this is because the distance is true but only along standard parallels

reasonably accurate elsewhere in limited regions, the distance is reasonably accurate

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 and distortion of shapes and areas minimal at but increases away from standard

parallels and finally the shape on large scale maps of small areas essentially true.

2. Imagine that a transportation device (perhaps like Harry Potter’s floo

powder) would enable all humans to travel instantaneously to any location

on Earth. What might be the impact on the distribution of people and

activities across Earth?

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There may be many different impacts on the distribution of people and activities across

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Earth the first one would be it may become overcrowded in certain countries with the
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most touristic and well-developed countries being the first overcrowded. Then the

underdeveloped countries would have a massive loss of people creating a greater

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difference of income in both areas. With the overcrowded countries having even a
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higher influx of income becoming richer and with better benefits including technology.

Evasion of the law is also one thing that can happen with crime being higher and it may
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also lead to faster globalization of businesses, people being able to travel from other

countries to work with this also being able to create a better economy to their countries
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and as a whole creating a better economy. Able to transport different objects with you
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may also lower prices around the word for products but also the rich getting richer.
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