Geographic Projection
Number	185
Series	Explorer's Friend Series
Value	× 200
Weight	101
Maximumcarriers	100 Pikmin
Location	Awakening Wood
Challenge Mode levels	None

This article is about the bottom globe half that unlocks thePerplexing Pool. For the top half that unlocks theAwakening Wood, seeSpherical Atlas.

TheGeographic Projection (ジオグラフィックシステム^?, lit.: "Geographic System") is atreasure inPikmin 2. It is the southern hemisphere of aglobe; this being a representation of Earth suggests thatPNF-404 is Earth.Retrieving the treasure unlocks the Survey Chart, part of theExploration Kit, which allows the Pikminleaders to progress to thePerplexing Pool and, when the debt has been repaid, theWistful Wild. This is because it contains data that holds coordinates that makes locating this new area possible. TheSpherical Atlas is also a globe half, this time a northern hemisphere, and it too unlocks an area to land in (theAwakening Wood).

The name is a reference togeographic projection, a way of mapping a sphere's surface onto a flat plane.

Collecting the treasure[edit]

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Location of the Geographic Projection.

The item is found in the same place as theYellow Onion inthe first game. This heavy treasure is found in theAwakening Wood, making it the only aboveground treasure that makes up the Explorer's Friend Series, and requiresPurple Pikmin to be picked up, due to the fact that its weight is 101 and thus100 weakerPikmin cannot lift it. It is slightly buried and located near the longest constructiblebridge in the area, behind apoisongate near theHole of Beasts. ACreeping Chrysanthemum is nearby.

Model and texture[edit]

See also:Spherical Atlas#Model and texture.

Just like the Spherical Atlas, the Geographic Projection varies in apperance byregion. In the North American and Japanese versions, the "front" of the globe is South America. In the European version, it shows Oceania, as the version ofPikmin 2 distributed in Oceania is the European one. InPikmin 2 (Nintendo Switch), since it uses the North American version internationally, the Geographic Projection always appears South America front.

The treasure as seen in theTreasure Hoard, in the Japanese/North American versions, and European version of the game, respectively. The camera was not moved since opening the Treasure Hoard entries.

Notably, the texture for the Geographic Projection is mirrored vertically, rather than rotated 180 degrees. This means that the landmasses appear backwards, and it's not possible to align the two treasures into a complete globe, as the texture for the Spherical Atlas is not mirrored.

The Geographic Projection'sTreasure Hoard icon is the same across all versions ofPikmin 2, and depicts South America, like the Japanese and American regional versions. The texture used to produce the Geographic Projection's highlight is calledhilight_I4_bombsarai, and is shared with the Spherical Atlas andCareening Dirigibug.

The globe depicts the world no earlier than March 21^st, 1990, as Namibia is shown to be independent from South Africa. Though the Spherical Atlas became outdated with the dissolution of the Soviet Union on December 25^th, 1991, the Geographic Projection will remain accurate until Bougainville becomes independent from Papua New Guinea, which is scheduled to happen in 2027.

Notes

Ship's dialogs

Olimar's journal

Sales pitch

Olimar's journal (Nintendo Switch)[edit]

Gallery[edit]

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  Artwork of the Geographic Projection.

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  Alternate scan of the Geographic Projection's artwork.

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  Artwork of the Geographic Projection in the European version.

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  The Geographic Projection (NA/JP) in theAwakening Wood.

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  The Geographic Projection (NA) being analyzed by theHocotate ship.

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  The Geographic Projection (JP) being analyzed by the Hocotate ship.

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  The Geographic Projection in theTreasure Hoard.

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  The Treasure Hoard icon of the Geographic Projection inthe Nintendo Switch version ofPikmin 2.

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  Texture used for the model.

Names in other languages[edit]

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	ジオグラフィックシステム? Jiogurafikku Shisutemu	Geographic System
French (NoA)	Projection de cartes	Maps projection
French (NoE)	Projection de Cartes (GameCube and Wii) Projection de cartes (Switch)	Maps Projection (GameCube and Wii) Maps projection (Switch)
German	Topografie-Projektion	Topography Projection
Italian	Proiezione geografica	Geographic Projection
Korean	지오그래픽 시스템 Jiogeulaepig Siseutem	Geographic System
Spanish	Proyección geográfica	Geographic projection

See also[edit]

• Spherical Atlas
• Perplexing Pool
• PNF-404

This article was afeatured article from August 1st, 2017 to October 1st, 2017.

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