Flat maps can show roads, streets, and towns.
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.
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They distort the surface because they are flat, while the surface is not.
Road maps allowed us to plot our course across an area and find the shortest route from a to b
B/c maps are flat, andthe Earth is round. You can't make a perfect image of a round object on a flat surface.
Because the Earth isn't flat
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.
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Since the world is round, flat maps (rectangular maps) distort the sizes of continents by making them larger than they actually are.
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Flat maps were drawn that way, because no one knew that the earth was round, until after Christopher Colombus.
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One advantage to using a globe is that you can more accurately determine distances than you can with a flat map. Flat maps distort the spherical surface and that distortion can be significant over long distances.
One advantage to using a globe is that you can more accurately determine distances than you can with a flat map. Flat maps distort the spherical surface and that distortion can be significant over long distances.
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it does not show in the 3D it flat