GK
WORLD GEOGRAPHY
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equal area
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interrupted
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mercator
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polar
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Detailed explanation-1: -Today the Lambert Conformal Conic projection has become a standard projection for mapping large areas (small scale) in the mid-latitudes – such as USA, Europe and Australia. It has also become particularly popular with aeronautical charts such as the 1:100, 000 scale World Aeronautical Charts map series.
Detailed explanation-2: -Since a great circle is the shortest distance between two points, Gnomonic projections are useful for planning air and sea routes and for mapping phenomena, like radio waves, that follow shortest-distance paths. A Gnomonic projection.
Detailed explanation-3: -AuthaGraph. The AuthaGraphy projection was created by Japanese architect Hajime Narukawa in 1999. It is considered the most accurate projection in the mapping world for its way of showing relative areas of landmasses and oceans with very little distortion of shapes.