Editing Geographic Projection

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The '''Geographic Projection'''　({{j|ジオグラフィックシステム|Jiogurafiku Sisutem|Geographic System}}) is a treasure in {{p2}}. It is the southern hemisphere of a {{w|globe}}; this being a representation of Earth suggests that the [[Planet of the Pikmin|Pikmin planet]] is Earth.

 

Retrieving the treasure unlocks the Survey Chart, part of the [[Exploration Kit]], which allows the Pikmin [[leader]]s to progress to the [[Perplexing Pool]]. This is because it contains data that holds coordinates that makes locating this new area possible. The [[Spherical Atlas]] is also a globe half, this time a northern hemisphere, and it too unlocks an area to land in (the [[Awakening Wood]]).

[[File:Geographic Projection location.png|thumb|left|x165px|Location of the treasure on the radar. Click for a bigger image.]]

The item is found in the same place as the [[Yellow Onion]] in [[Pikmin (game)|the first game]]. This heavy treasure is found in the [[Awakening Wood]], making it the only aboveground treasure that makes up the Explorer's Friend Series, and requires [[Purple Pikmin]] to be picked up, due to the fact that its weight is 101 and thus [[100 Pikmin limit|100]] weaker [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] cannot lift it. It is slightly buried and located near the longest constructible [[bridge]] in the area, behind a [[poison]] [[gate]] near the [[Hole of Beasts]]. A [[Creeping Chrysanthemum]] is nearby.

Just like the Spherical Atlas, this treasure's model was also changed in each [[region]] of the game such that the "front" of the model is a specific part of the globe. Unlike the Spherical Atlas however, these locations don't quite match the region of the game's copy. In the North American version, the "front" of the globe is South America, which makes sense. But in the Japanese version, it is also South America. Since there is no area related to Japan in the southern hemisphere, South America is as good a place as any other. In the European version, it shows Oceania, perhaps to highlight the fact that Australian players use the European version.

On top of that, it is worth noting that the texture for this model is actually flipped horizontally. This means that if one were to flip the treasure upright, Africa would be to the left of South America, which would be to the left of Europe. It is not known whether this is a [[mistake]] or if it was flipped on purpose, since the treasure is only ever seen upside-down and most people are used to the opposite orientation.

Like the Spherical Atlas, the highlight texture is called <code>hilight_I4_bombsarai</code>, and is the same as the [[Careening Dirigibug]]'s highlight texture. Also like the Spherical Atlas, this part of the globe is missing its pole, in this case, the South Pole. The [[Treasure Hoard]] icon for the Geographic Projection is also too low-resolution, making it hard to tell which region is being shown in it.

Geographicprojection.jpg|Artwork of the treasure.

Geographic Projection 1.jpg|The location of the Geographic Projection.

Geographic Projection TH.jpg|The treasure in the [[Treasure Hoard]].

Geographic Projection 2.jpg|The Geographic Projection being analyzed.