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Distortion
Distortion
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.
You can learn how to get to somewhere using road maps,museum maps,and etc.
Elevations (heights) are not easily represented.
Distortion
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.
A topographic map shows the three dimensions of the earths surface.
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Topographic map
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Distortion
Topographic maps show latitude, longitude and elevation.