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Interactive Exercise
Learning Objectives
Practice your skills in Map Projections using this interactive tool. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the exercise.
Map Projections Comparison
Toggle between projections to see how they distort size and shape.
Greenland
Africa
Distortion Info:
Mercator: Preserves shape and direction, but heavily distorts size near the poles. Notice how Greenland appears larger than Africa, even though Africa is actually 14 times larger!