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2. World map - Wikipedia

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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.

3. Gall–Peters projection - Wikipedia

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   Gall–Peters projection. The Gall–Peters projection is a rectangular, equal-area map projection. Like all equal-area projections, it distorts most shapes. It is a cylindrical equal-area projection with latitudes 45° north and south as the regions on the map that have no distortion. The projection is named after James Gall and Arno Peters .

4. File:Flag map of the world (2009 version).svg - Wikipedia

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   Flag map of the world (2009 version).svg. Deutsch: Eine Karte, die alle UN-Staaten mit ihrer Flagge zeigt. Das Gebiet der Westsahara ist grau eingefärbt, weil kein UN-Staat dieses Gebiet repräsentiert. English: A map showing the flags of the world, in equirectangular projection. The countries shown are the members of the United Nations.

5. Waldseemüller map - Wikipedia

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   The Waldseemüller map or Universalis Cosmographia ("Universal Cosmography ") is a printed wall map of the world by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, originally published in April 1507. It is known as the first map to use the name "America". The name America is placed on South America on the main map.

6. File:America location map with borders.svg - Wikipedia

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   Date: 16 September 2010, 17:36 (UTC) (16 September 2010 (original upload date)) Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia (Original text : Modified for World Location map.svg) Author ...

7. List of satellite map images with missing or unclear data

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   This is a list of satellite map images with missing or unclear data. Some locations on free, publicly viewable satellite map services have such issues due to having been intentionally digitally obscured or blurred for various reasons of this. [ 1] For example, Westchester County, New York asked Google to blur potential terrorism targets (such ...

8. Ptolemy's world map - Wikipedia

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   The Ptolemy world map is a map of the world known to Greco-Roman societies in the 2nd century. It is based on the description contained in Ptolemy 's book Geography, written c. 150. Based on an inscription in several of the earliest surviving manuscripts, it is traditionally credited to Agathodaemon of Alexandria .

9. Gallery of sovereign state flags - Wikipedia

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   This gallery of sovereign state flags shows the national or state flags of sovereign states that appear on the list of sovereign states. For flags of other entities, please see gallery of flags of dependent territories. Each flag is depicted as if the flagpole is positioned on the left of the flag, except for those of Iran, Iraq and Saudi ...