A flat drawing of a place is.... for example, someone tells you to draw a flat drawing of a house, so you basically just draw your house at a front view, like you are looking straight at it. don't make your drawing 3-d.
A flat drawing is also referred to as an 'elevation' and will include the viewer's orientation. A south elevation will be the building as viewed from the south, but again, with no perspective or depth given to it.
in other words A MAP
It is a drawing of the earth on a flat surface
It is a map.
It is known as a map or a chart.
A map is a flat drawing that shows all or parts of earth surface.
A flat representation of the Earth is called a map projection. The surface of the Earth cannot be accurately represented on a flat surface, so there are various way to approximate it. The different way are called projections.
flat map
Because it is a flat drawing trying to represent the Earth, which is a curved surface and there is distortion.
Because it is a flat drawing trying to represent the Earth, which is a curved surface and there is distortion.
A projection
A projection
It is a drawing of the earth on a flat surface
The Earth is a sphere. Maps are almost always flat. The method you decide to use in order to represent the highlights of a curved surface on a flat drawing is called the 'projection'.