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WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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They are examples of azimuthal projections.
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They can show all the earth at one time.
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They are round in shape.
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They show true compass direction.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Azimuthal Projection – Stereographic Today, this is probably one of the most widely used Azimuthal projections. It is most commonly used over Polar areas, but can be used for small scale maps of continents such as Australia.
Detailed explanation-2: -The drawback to this projection is that size and distance are distorted at high latitudes. This is because the distance between lines of longitude declines as you approach the poles, but they remain constant on a Mercator projection.
Detailed explanation-3: -A Mercator map can therefore never fully show the polar areas (as long as the projection is based on a cylinder centered on the Earth’s rotation axis; see the transverse Mercator projection for another application).