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  2. World map - Wikipedia

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    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. List of map projections - Wikipedia

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    Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s double-sided disk map was designed to minimize all six types of map distortions. Not properly "a" map projection because it is on two surfaces instead of one, it consists of two hemispheric equidistant azimuthal projections back-to-back. [5] [6] [7] 1879 Peirce quincuncial: Other Conformal Charles Sanders Peirce

  4. Equirectangular projection - Wikipedia

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    Equirectangular projection of the world; the standard parallel is the equator (plate carrée projection). Equirectangular projection with Tissot's indicatrix of deformation and with the standard parallels lying on the equator True-colour satellite image of Earth in equirectangular projection Height map of planet Earth at 2km per pixel, including oceanic bathymetry information, normalized as 8 ...

  5. 181 movie trivia questions to test your film IQ - AOL

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    We've got easy and hard movie trivia questions with answers from famous films like Star Wars, Harry Potter, Avatar and other classics. Test your knowledge. 181 movie trivia questions to test your ...

  6. List of countries by irrigated land area - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of countries by irrigated land area based on The World Factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency. [1] The two countries with the largest irrigated land area are India and China, which make up 22.06% and 21.33% of worldwide irrigated land area respectively as of 2020. Sorting is in alphabetical order.

  7. The Craziest On-Screen Transformations in 2024 Movies ... - AOL

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    Several stars took things to the next level when transforming into their roles for 2024’s biggest films. Cynthia Erivo spent several hours being painted green to play Elphaba, a.k.a. the Wicked ...

  8. Map Men - Wikipedia

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    Map Men is an edutainment mini-series [2] [3] currently in its fourth series, which is created, written, and presented by Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] A mix of comedy and geography , [ 4 ] its videos regularly attract 1-5 million views on YouTube .

  9. IMAX - Wikipedia

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    Until its demolition in 2016, the world's largest IMAX screen had been in IMAX Sydney in Darling Harbour, Sydney, Australia, measuring 35.72 m × 29.57 m (117.2 ft × 97.0 ft). [ 65 ] [ 66 ] It reopened on 12 October 2023, with a screen measuring 693 square meters 31.2 by 22.2 m (102 by 73 ft) within The Ribbon building, after years of ...