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.
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The surface area pf the Earth is on a sphere, not a flat surface.
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Nobody shapes can be defined as two-dimensional. All people are three dimensional. Nobody shapes can be defined as two-dimensional. All people are three dimensional. Nobody shapes can be defined as two-dimensional. All people are three dimensional. Nobody shapes can be defined as two-dimensional. All people are three dimensional.
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Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.
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The main problem is that the earth is approximately spherical and therefore maps covering large areas suffers from distortions due to projection from 3-D to 2-D.
Two-dimensional maps of Earth have distortions because they attempt to represent a three-dimensional surface (the Earth) on a flat plane. This distortion occurs due to the challenge of converting a curved surface onto a flat surface. Different map projections have different advantages and trade-offs in terms of preserving features like shape, area, distance, or direction.
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No, maps are two-dimensional representations of the Earth's surface. They show the location of features, such as countries, cities, rivers, and mountains, using symbols and colors to represent real-world objects. Three-dimensional representations are more commonly referred to as globes.
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