Map Projection. The Robinson projection was developed by Arthur H. Robinson as a map that was supposed to look nice and is often used for classroom maps.
Whilst Gall first described the projection in 1855 it was not until 1973 when Peters began to heavily market the projection as the Peters World Map that it became popular. However map projections have distortions which depend largely on the size of the area being mapped. A map projection is any of many methods used in cartography mapmaking to represent the two-dimensional curved surface of the earth or other body on a two-dimensional plane.
A map projection is a method for taking the curved surface of the earth and displaying it on something flat like a computer screen or a piece of paper.
A map projection is a method for taking the curved surface of the earth and displaying it on something flat like a computer screen or a piece of paper. Going from a sphere to a flat plane will involve some measure of distortion. The creation of a map projection involves. The most popular map projection in the world has been around for 448 years now.
