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world maps : A world map is a map of the surface of the Earth, which may be made using any of a number of different map projections. Maps of the world are often either 'political' or 'physical'. The most important purpose of the political map is to show territorial borders; the purpose of the physical map is to show features of geography such as mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps show not only the physical surface, but characteristics of the underlying rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures. Maps that depict the surface of the Earth use a projection, a way of translating the three-dimensional real surface of the geoid to a two-dimensional picture. Perhaps the best-known world-map projection is the Mercator Projection, originally designed as a form of nautical chart. Aeroplane pilots use aeronautical charts based on a Lambert conformal conic projection, in which a cone is laid over the section of the earth to be mapped. The cone intersects the sphere (the ear....   More from Wikipedia

world maps : 3D World Atlas is a virtual globe program developed by the Cosmi Corporation. At Version 2.1, it is one of the leading atlas programs, along with other 3D atlas exploring programs such as Google Earth. As an atlas software, the 3D World Atlas has many features. These include, but are not limited..   More from Wikipedia

  See how the world map would look if not the North pole, but another place was put on the top. Create your own maps: www.petermoor.nl

  Google this: "Rachael Ray Geography Whiz" if you don't believe what you see. Lilly will also have a clip featured on Leno after the writer's strike hiatus. Lilly is my niece. She was 23 months old when this was done in August 2007 in her parents small one bedroom apartment. She now knows over 80 countries. Yes, we know that Tasmania is not a country everyone. It's still a fun place to know. She knows better geography than a 5th grader. She has been doing this for about 8 months. She is one ...

Question : maps that are blank to fill in of the world online to print

Answer : Wikipedia has great maps and exactly what you're looking. You just have to know how to look for them. Here's the link to wikipedia commons: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Commons-logo-31px.png In search, put the name of the maps you're looking for. Good luck!!..   More from Yahoo Answers

Question : Don't want to subscribe to National Geograpic, but have received free state maps from State Representatives and wonder if a decent world map is avaible out there for someone that does not want to buy one. Yes, I know I'm being cheap. However, I'm finding that there are country's out there I no longer know names of.

Answer : Sorry, you will have to buy one. The company that supplied the free ones , went out of business...   More from Yahoo Answers

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