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Newsmap - Maps are not true for all purposes

Information about the tradeoffs involved in choosing between map projections, making the basic point that “maps are not true for all purposes.” It includes numerous diagrams illustrating the advantages and disadvantages of conic, Mercator and azimuthal projections.

Date
September 14, 1942
Mapmaker / publisher
Army Information Branch
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
3,000 × 2,234 pixels

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Reason: a US government work (US Military).

Read from: Commons licence category: PD US Military; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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"Newsmap - Maps are not true for all purposes" (September 14, 1942). Army Information Branch, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Newsmap_-_Maps_are_not_true_for_all_purposes.jpg

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