Greenwich mean time and the international date line

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1. Briefly make clear the differences in properties and purposes of "conformal", "equivalent", and "equidistant" projections. give one or two examples of the kinds of map information that would best be presented on each type of projection.

2. What is the purpose of a "contour line"? What is a "contour interval"? What landscape feature is implied by closely spaced contours?

3. Differentiate between Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and the International Date Line.

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