Greatest Places: How Different People Map the World

A C T I V I T I E S

Mapping the World

Map makers have to use a variety of tricks to stretch 3D shapes into regular, flat maps.

Here are some examples:

	Live satellite view A map of the Earth that changes.
Peters Projection These people offer a strong argument that this type of map is the best.
	Map projections from University of Texas We were surprised by this variety of choices.