NEW MAP: NEW PERSPECTIVE

Compare the Fuller Projection with the traditional Mercator projection of the world.

1. How is the Mercator map made?
2. What parts of the map seem distorted?
3. How does the map making process create these distortions?
4. How was the Fuller Projection made?
5. Describe its outstanding features.
6. How does this map reduce distortion?
7. Explain why the Mercator map reflects a world where continents and nations are separate and distanced by oceans.
8. Explain why the Fuller Projection reflects a world where continents are linked by a common ocean.
9. Explain which projection provides a better perspective for understanding our global society and the global problems that we face?
10. Explain how maps and models can give us a new perspective of reality.
11. Visit the Global Energy Network (GENI) at http://www.geni.org and watch the video "A Win-Win Solution." Explain how the Fuller Projection is being used to help solve global problems.

To learn more about the Fuller Projection visit:

http://www.teleport.com/~pdx4d/dymax.html

http://www.westnet.com/~crywalt/unfold.html

http://www.cth.com.au/corp/despatch/ufo2_app2.html

To learn about the Buckminster Fuller and his accomplishments visit

http://www.bfi.org.

Fold-Up globes, a model Earth globe and Fuller projections can also be ordered at (800) 967-6277