Welcome, Metafilter visitors! How can you map a sphere unto the plane? well you can’t if you want to keep size, shape and proportions. Here are the alternatives… Learn more about the different projections.

Seth Dixon, Ph.D.‘s insight:

We are accustomed to spatial distortion in maps; when we see that same distortion on a picture, it gives us an alternative perspective on the level of spatial distortion that we see on maps.  The Azimuthal (circular) projections are my favorite for this photographic project.   

Tags:  mapping, cartography, perspective, map.

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