The Influence of Map Projections on People’s Global-Scale Cognitive Map: A Worldwide Study

Map projections are required to represent the globe on a flat surface, which always results in distorted representations of the globe. Accordingly, the world maps we observe in daily life contexts, such as on news sites, in news bulletins, on social media, in educational textbooks or atlases, are di...

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Main Authors: Lieselot Lapon, Kristien Ooms, Philippe De Maeyer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-03-01
Series:ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2220-9964/9/4/196