Meriwether Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 any other program that teaches kids to draw a world map, what projection do you use? I'd like to use the Robinson projection, but I'd like them to be able to draw the whole thing from scratch and the curved lines would make that difficult, if not impossible. I don't like how the Equirectangular map looks. I know it has less distortion than the Mercator, but I'm used to the Mercator distortions and I think the country shape distortions of the Equirectangular map look ... flat? I'm not sure why it looks so odd to me. So, what did you choose and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I scanned, cropped, enlarged and printed the map in Draw Write Now book 7. That was after a year of trying to do it with free resources. The threads in Continent Blobs might be helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted September 29, 2012 Author Share Posted September 29, 2012 I'd never heard of continent blobs before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChicoryChick Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 My daughter is using "Mapping the World by Art" and she uses the maps and DVD illustrations that coome with the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 I'd never heard of continent blobs before. Not everyone needs to DO blobbing, but we all need to HEAR about it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolphin Posted September 30, 2012 Share Posted September 30, 2012 We are doing Mapping the world by heart. We are using the Equirectangular projection as I think it is the most logical for the program and will be the easiest for them to learn. From my point of view it is a hard enough skill and I like the reasons he had the map created. We have the Mercator on the wall as that is the most commonly used in the US and I think they need to know how to read it and use it. We also have a small globe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Not everyone needs to DO blobbing, but we all need to HEAR about it. :D I looked at some of the links. I think I'll have Ds6 blobs while the older two draw. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meriwether Posted September 30, 2012 Author Share Posted September 30, 2012 Thanks for the replies so far. Anyone else have strong feelings one way or another? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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