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.
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
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.
distortion
When cartographers represent the three-dimensional Earth in two dimensions what is likely to occur is distortion.
distortion
distortion
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Distortion