The impact of the map projection on China's geopolitical environment

Map projection has a strong impact on an individual's global-scale cognition about the shape, layout, size, center, distance of the Earth's surface. Map projection is not just a technology issue, it is also a subjective strategic tactical of countries, so it is critical for countries'...

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Main Authors: Hong, Juhua, Luo, Huasong, Wang, Guilin
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Cartography
China
Cognition
Conferences
Earth surface
Geopolitical Environment
International relations
Map Projection
Projection
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Summary:Map projection has a strong impact on an individual's global-scale cognition about the shape, layout, size, center, distance of the Earth's surface. Map projection is not just a technology issue, it is also a subjective strategic tactical of countries, so it is critical for countries' geopolitical environment and geo-strategic. Different map projections imply the geographical realities of international relationship, the strategic properties of the countries' geographical positions, that deeply impacts on China's geopolitical environment. China should pay attention to cartography and advocate the map projection in favor of itself.
ISSN:2161-024X
DOI:10.1109/GEOINFORMATICS.2015.7378555