Planar projection produces which shape?

Planar projection produces which shape?

• A. Circle shaped map/projection
• B. Square map/projection
• C. Triangular map/projection
• D. Hexagonal map/projection

Answer: (A)

Planar projection maps the surface of a sphere onto a plane, and when the projection plane is tangent to the globe at the point of interest, the resulting boundary is a circle. That circular outline comes from projecting all directions around the center onto a flat disk, so the map naturally appears circle-shaped. Distortion increases with distance from the center, and true scale is preserved only along specific lines, but the overall shape of the map in this type of projection is round.

Planar projection maps the surface of a sphere onto a plane, and when the projection plane is tangent to the globe at the point of interest, the resulting boundary is a circle. That circular outline comes from projecting all directions around the center onto a flat disk, so the map naturally appears circle-shaped. Distortion increases with distance from the center, and true scale is preserved only along specific lines, but the overall shape of the map in this type of projection is round.