earth

Refer to this week's lecture from Chapter 2 of McKnight's text, refer to the OER Units 1-3, and watch the video below for additional information. 

1. Explain in any vary of ways how the Mercator Map in the video can be a misleading size representation of any various country or region. 
2. Then, identify any country or region size that may interests you in regards to being misled about its size, unsure of or would like to know more about. 

https://youtu.be/lPNrtjboISg

• Explain in detail and concisely with one-two paragraph, between 250-300 words.  Point deductions will be made if the word limitations are not upheld. 
• Maximum points will be awarded if the questions are answered accurately, with appropriate grammar, and answered within the guidelines established. 
• Please proofread all your work prior to submissions.  I will be actively observing plagiarizing and the use of AI tools.

Mini-Lecture: Portraying Earth's Landscape

Please watch the mini-lecture provided, feel free to take some notes where you feel the need to, and refer back to the lecture any point throughout the term. 

Topics:

• Maps 
• Large and small scale maps
• Fractional and verbal map scale
• Map projections
• Isolines
• GPS, GIS, remote Sensing

https://youtu.be/ztCrMfcPCSo