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Well world maps have undergone many different versions , but mapmakers keep tweaking it to make them more accurate. As you know, a globe is a round map. Right now the current shape is usally shown as an oval and is considered to be correct because it shows it as if a earth was just lain down into a flat shape, making it easier to understand.
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Why are global grid properties apt to be distorted on maps?
B/c maps are flat, andthe Earth is round. You can't make a perfect image of a round object on a flat surface.
How do maps help us why are maps less accurate than a globe?
It is impossible for a flat map to be as accurate as a globe. The Earth is round and only a round globe can put things in the correct perspective.
What does all maps lie flat and all flat maps lie means?
When maps lie flat, they lie because they aren't accurate representations of earth. It means all maps have some distortion- when put flat, it distorts the shape of the land because the earth is actually a sphere.
Why do flat maps distort Earth's surface?
They distort the surface because they are flat, while the surface is not.
Why is it so difficult to have an accurate representation of the Earth on a flat map?
because the earth is round
What can be a problem if the earth is round and maps are flat?
Lol Nothen
Flat maps that represent a portion of the round earth?
projection
Why were flat maps invented?
Flat maps were drawn that way, because no one knew that the earth was round, until after Christopher Colombus.
Why are global grid properties apt to be distorted on maps?
B/c maps are flat, andthe Earth is round. You can't make a perfect image of a round object on a flat surface.
How do maps help us why are maps less accurate than a globe?
It is impossible for a flat map to be as accurate as a globe. The Earth is round and only a round globe can put things in the correct perspective.
What are the benefits of having maps of Earth and pictures of Earth taken from space?
To give a better view of our world as a whole, round and not flat.
Where would you look to find out how distance on a map compared to the actual distance on land?
Maps are flat and Earth is round
Why are maps flat?
Because the Earth isn't flat
What properties do flat maps distort?
Since the world is round, flat maps (rectangular maps) distort the sizes of continents by making them larger than they actually are.
What are the 4 ways a map is used?
because the way maps were viewed , was the world was saposeitievely flat , when perspctiev was dicoverd it was realized the earth was round .
Why are there distortion on maps?
Because a map is flat and a globe is round
What does all maps lie flat and all flat maps lie means?
When maps lie flat, they lie because they aren't accurate representations of earth. It means all maps have some distortion- when put flat, it distorts the shape of the land because the earth is actually a sphere.
