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Mapping / Cartography – A Visualisation Example Of How Projections ‘Shape’ Your Data
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leventhalmap.org/digital-exhib <-- dynamic views of different projections
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Here is one of my most useful (100yr old!) teaching aids - with a dynamic web page to 'match'!
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Text book figure, same man’s head drawn In four different projections; Charles H. Deetz, Elements of Map Projection With Applications to Map and Chart Construction (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1921)

Rivers & Mountains Of The World – Various Tchotchkes
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cognitive-surplus.com/search?q
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davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/d <-- version at David Rumsey Map collection site
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[this is NOT an endorsement of this product]
It is a pleasure to see these old Victorian infographic maps as teaching aids on water bottles and other tchotchkes, I have always been fascinated by them and their place in geologic, geographic, cartographic history…
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“Nowadays, detailed maps of any corner of the Earth are available for everyone. Detailed information about any geographical object on our planet can be got in just a few seconds. But two centuries ago, life was radically different. That’s why comparative infographic maps were viral in the 19th century, which allowed people to get information about the main geographical objects of our planet.”

I'm writing a professional seminar over the holiday break on the importance of technology in the classroom, with a special focus on . I attach a picture of some of the fun things we have made so far this year.

I have had some brilliant interactions on here with you fab folks. I would love to hear your opinions on the subject! Good, bad, or indifferent. Thanks a lot in advance!

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