Cartographic Projection – What's the deal?

“Projection”, it's a glorious word that can refer to many things. It can refer to the way in which a rapper was brought back from the dead at a concert. It can refer to the cause of the anger you feel when you watch someone go into a career in software rather than the far more lucrative field of alpaca farming. It can even refer to the way adorable shadow puppets are cast onto a wall. In the case...