Because they can't quite get very accurate estimations of the wereabouts.
It does an okay job by the years it will be more accurate.
Map projections provide techniques to properly display features on maps, globes and atlases.
See the related links below for maps of Earth.
Maps that attempt to represent the Earth don't do a good job because the scale is normally wrong. Continents are not drawn based on their actual size relative to others.
Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.
Earth is three-dimensional, but maps are two-dimensional.
No not really an online map is more likely to get you were your wishing to go
Shading is a method for representing relief on maps in a natural, aesthetic, and intuitive.
The field of study that produces maps and charts of the Earth is called cartography.
Maybe becuase they show you where things are in the world and they can help you show where thimngs are. If you dont know where it is.
Really google earth is not better than maps google earth on iphone/itouch is slugish and does not run very fast unless you have a good service in the area i recomend sticking to maps on your iphone it's better for portable phones.
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Topographic maps represent the Earth's surface because they show elevation in addition to distance and direction.