Maps for a changing world : second edition of the airplane changes our world map

Duration: 0:11:05

Year Published: 1959

Creator: Encyclopaedia Britannica Films Inc: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Traces the evolution of world map concepts from ancient times to the jet age, emphasizing the influence of air transportation on present-day concepts of map making. Describes the three-dimensional nature of the earth, explains the distortion which ensues when impressions of the globe are transferred to a two-dimensional flat map, and illustrates many types of flat maps. Uses animation to explain latitude and longitude, and shows how to use a polar projection map.

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