Sunday, December 5, 2010

Sonogram

This type of map displays the information of the unseen. In a sonogram one would be able to see the baby growing in a women's uterus. This informative picture displays the child and many important things can save the baby's life. http://mirror-au-nsw1.gallery.hd.org/_c/medicine/_more2005/_more08/sonogram-human-foetal-fetal-ultrasound-scan-at-22-weeks-mono-1-ANON.jpg.html

Periodic Table

This is a visual map of the elements that make the world around us. The table organizes and displays all the elements in certain groups that helps people identify elements with the same properties. The periodic table above is the same for all projections and there really are no different types of periodic tables. http://www.allaboutgemstones.com/periodic_table_of_elements.html

Plane map projection

 This type of map projection is used to display the poles on a map. The projection is created from a top view at either pole. The example seen above shows where the projection is made from. http://www.kidsgeo.com/geography-for-kids/0031-map-projection-types.php

Werner projection

This type of map projection is an equal area map that has a standard at one of the poles. The distances between the two poles is true as well as meridians along the parallels. The map above is a representation of the world in this projection.http://www.btinternet.com/~se16/hgb/cybergeo241.htm

Mercator Map projection

This type of map projection that distorts shape and size of what is being portrayed. This projection is common and is of the cylindrical type. The example above shows the world and one is able to see the distortion of the shape and sizes of the continents. http://w3.impa.br/~pcezar/cursos/GIS/mapproj/mapproj.htm

Star maps

Star maps are maps that display the locations of stars and other spacial formations that be seen in the sky. These types of maps are map out the locations of stars and the constellations that they create. The example able maps out the cosmos above our heads. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/maps/

Aviation maps

These types of maps display information that can be used by pilots to navigate the skies. It provides information like altitudes and wind shear that is important for flying safely. http://www.ci.sierra-vista.az.us/cms1//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=137&Itemid=471