Identification

Question 1

Desirable Map Projections

Answer 1

1. Equal area
2. Conformality
3. Direction or Azimuthality
4. Equal distance
5. Straight line of great circles
6. Visible latitudes and longitudes

Question 2

Equal Area, concerns the _______ of the geographic features. It preserves the _______ and the ______ of features and distorts _______ and _______. It is ____________ at the scale of the map and becomes ________ as going away from the _________.

Answer 2

area,
area,
size,
shape,
angle,
non-conformal,
distorted,
central axis

Question 3

Conformality, concerns ______.
In small land areas, ________.
In large continents, ________.
The scale is ______ in all direction

Question 4

Rhumb line is a straight line ONLY in ________. IN all other, it is a spiral curve having the same _________.

Answer 4

Mercator projection
Direction