Mapps

Today in class we went over maps. We started our lesson by walking up to the board and looking at three different maps, titled a, b, and c. A and B looked pretty normal. A was a standared map of America, which is the only map that actually matters (thats a joke please don't take points off). The second map was a standard world map with textures as well. However, the third map was strange as it was a world map, but the countries were warped and different sizes. I already slightly knew why it was like this based off a Vsause video. The reason it looked like that was that it is actually more accurate than what we're used to. If you were to look at Earth from space, or a globe, the countries would look more similar to map c than map b. Map b is called a Mercator and was used for sailing as the lines of longitude and latitude were straight, but by having it like that it made the north bigger than the south. Map c is called a Peter projection and is the more accurate size and distance-wise, but at the price that the lines of longitude and latitude are a bit weirder and decrease in spacing as it gets closer to the poles.