The surface area pf the Earth is on a sphere, not a flat surface.
Distortion
Distortion
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
Maps covering a large area suffer from "barrel distortion". In the usual layout of maps, East-West distances are compressed near the equator and exaggerated as you move towards the poles.
Distortion
Distortion
Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.
Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
distortion
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
distortion
distortion
distortion
distortion
Distortion