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World map. A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
Image:BlankMap-World.png– World map, Robinson projectioncentered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstatesand island nationsare generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regionsare exhibited.
The United Nations geoscheme is a system which divides 248 countries and territories in the world into six continental regions, 22 geographical subregions, and two intermediary regions. [ 1] It was devised by the United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD) based on the M49 coding classification. [ 2] The creators note that "the assignment of ...
The International Map of the World (IMW), also known as the Millionth Map of the World, [1] after its scale of 1:1 000 000, was a project to create a complete map of the world according to internationally agreed standards. [7] Roads were depicted in red, towns and railways were depicted in black, and the labels were written in the Roman alphabet.
Mercator 1569 world map ( Nova et Aucta Orbis Terrae Descriptio ad Usum Navigantium Emendate Accommodata) showing latitudes 66°S to 80°N. The Mercator projection ( / mərˈkeɪtər /) is a conformal cylindrical map projection presented by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. It became the standard map projection for ...
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