Wiki.GIS.com:Featured Maps

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 * 1) [[Image:Peters.africa.gif|250px|url=Equal_Area_Cylindrical|Africa is enhanced in Equal Area Cylindrical projections at the expense of extreme shape distortion of Europe, Asia, and North America.]]
 * 2) [[Image:Raiszengland1000.jpeg|250px|url=Erwin_Raisz|Landform map of England by Erwin Raisz (original drawing - 1948)]]
 * 3) [[Image:CA_geol.jpg|250px|url=Geology|Geologic map of California, USGS 1966, Scale 1:2,500,000]]
 * 4) [[Image:Gnomonic_Projection_Polar.jpg|250px|url=Gnomonic_projection|Gnomonic projection of Earth centered on the geographic North Pole]]
 * 5) [[Image:Berghaus.star.gif|250px|url=Berghaus_Star_projection|Berghaus Star map projection]]
 * 6) [[Image:Earth_night.jpg|250px|url=Earth|The Earth at night, a composite of DMSP/OLS ground illumination data on a simulated night-time image of the world. This image is not photographic and many features are brighter than they would appear to a direct observer.]]
 * 7) [[Image:Rotating_earth_(small).gif|250px|url=Graphics_Interchange_Format|A rotating globe in GIF format. Posterization is noticeable in the blue gradient areas due to the restricted palette.]]
 * 8) [[Image:Soho_-_map_1.png|250px|url=OpenStreetMap|OpenStreetMap of Soho, central London]]
 * 9) [[Image:Kat_fl.jpg|250px|url=NASA_World_Wind|Rapid Fire MODIS - Hurricane Katrina]]
 * 10) [[Image:Example_tiger_line_map.png|250px|url=Topologically_Integrated_Geographic_Encoding_and_Referencing|An example of a map generated using TIGER/Line data using the Global Mapper application.]]
 * 11) [[Image:2004_Indonesia_Tsunami_100px.gif|250px|url=Animated_mapping|Animation of the 2004 Indonesian Tsunami]]
 * 12) [[Image:Tissot_indicatrix_world_map_equirectangular_proj.svg|250px|url=Equirectangular_projection|The equirectangular projection with Tissot's Indicatrix of deformation.]]
 * 13) [[Image:Warning_in_Ne.png|250px|url=Grlevelx|GRlevelx gives the viewer updated warning information.]]
 * 14) [[Image:Dymaxion.large.jpg|250px|url=Dymaxion_map|A different perspective of the world map. Unlike most projections, the Dymaxion map of the world actually shows Antarctica as coequal to other continents and not distorted beyond recognition.]]
 * 15) [[Image:OrteliusWorldMap.jpeg|250px|url=Atlas|World map from the first modern atlas by Ortelius - Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (1570)]]