Impossible Map

Year Published: 1948

Creator: National Film Board of Canada

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Illustrates by examples that a true picture of the world is possible only when constructed on a globe. A grapefruit and a turnip with maps superimposed are cut various ways to show the distortion of the surfaces when they are flattened. The changes in the relationships of the water and land areas are emphasized by tracing on cellophane laid on the sectionsIntermediate/Elementary through college

Complete Record: Illustrates by examples that a true picture of the world is possible only when constructed on a globe. A grapefruit and a turnip with maps superimposed are cut various ways to show the distortion of the surfaces when they are flattened. The changes in the relationships of the water and land areas are emphasized by tracing on cellophane laid on the sections Intermediate/Elementary through college

Online Copy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blQLjKzZbv4

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3 users have this film:
AV Geeks Archive, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, National Film Board of Canada

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