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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.
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
You can't. Not in this universe, anyway. The problem in reverse has challenged cartographers for centuries. How do you map a global earth onto a flat surface? There are many different "projections" that represent various compromises and characteristics, but no two-dimensional representation can completely capture the unique nature of a globe.
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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.
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.
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.
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions, distortions in the shape, size, distance, or direction of geographic features are likely to occur. This is because it is impossible to accurately capture the true nature of the Earth's surface on a flat map without some form of distortion. Different map projections are used to minimize specific types of distortion depending on the purpose of the map.
Cartographers an represent the spherical Earth on flat paper by making a projection, which is like casting shadows from the spherical world onto a flat piece of paper.
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