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You can learn how to get to somewhere using road maps,museum maps,and etc.
Maps.
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
City maps, the squares or grids represent one square mile. On larger maps they can indicate townships, counties, or land parcels.