The Impossible Map (1. IMDb. This is the sort of short film that probably makes geography teachers salivate! Heck, as a history teacher, I find it all rather interesting as well. This short film sponsored by the National Film Board of Canada illustrates why a flat map cannot accurately portray the planet's surface. Using a variety of illustrations using round objects (such as a grapefruit), they show that no matter how the map is drawn, once it is flattened a portion of the Earth is highly distorted. The problem, though, is that to students, this all will probably seem pretty boring- -not just because of the subject matter but because of the style of the film. Posted on May 31, 2009 . I’ll never forget the day I showed Dr. Lisa Robinson, one of my astronomer friends at NASA, what has since become known as “The. The Impossible Map is out! Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit. The narrator has no life at all in his voice and the film could have used more energy. Still, however, their use of stop- motion to create maps is impressive and with a bit of updating, this would be a great film. The Minecraft The impossible map Project was contributed by luluty55. Are you ready to accept the challenge? DOWNLOAD: THIS MAP MAKES SENSE. You haven’t experienced pain yet. That’s why this map exists!
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