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This job describes the shape and the area-not sure how to write an answer for that. What does Unprojected mean?

I discuss what you see happening to the shapes and areas of map features with each of the projections.

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Of all maps, three dimensional globes give the most realistic picture of the earth as a whole - the globe preserves basic spatial attributes such as distance, direction, shape, and area.

Unfolding the portrayal of the three dimensional earth onto a two dimensional flat surface will result in the depiction ...

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