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Subject:        Re: The apple hard to eat - then why not global proportions?
Date:   Tue, 30 Mar 2010 15:04:06 -0500
From:   James R. Carter <[log in to unmask]>
To:     Maps, Air Photo, GIS Forum - Map Librarianship
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I found this fascinating and quite innovative. But then I realized that
on this apple-map Greenland is about the size of South America. In
reality South America is more than 8 times the size of Greenland.

The distortion of relative areas that is shown on so many cylindrical
maps should not be present on a map created on a globular surface. I am
disappointed but not all that surprised.

Jim Carter

Angie Cope wrote:
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> Subject: The apple hard to eat
> Date: Tue, 30 Mar 2010 17:34:27 +0300
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> The apple hard to eat:
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> http://kevinvanaelst.com/photoapple.html
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