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Mercator Your Face
(Mathematics)

This exhibit uses a video camera and a computer to capture the image of the visitor's face and convert it into several of the projections that are used by mapmakers. It's a fun way of using the principles of map making to see how an image with which one is intimately familiar — one's own face — is distorted by the mathematics of map projections.

Exhibit Specs
30"w X 60"h X 42"d
4.0 amps @ 120 volts
250 lbs.
Exhibit Materials
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Graphic (bilingual)   PDF Format | Help?
Mercator your Face 1
600 X 400 JPEG | 18k
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Mercator your Face 2
600 X 400 JPEG | 29k
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Mercator your Face 3
375 X 282 JPEG | 11k
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