It doesn't account for the curvature of the world. The latitude and longitude are horizontal and vertical lines parallel to each other rather than intersecting at the poles
distortion
A small area map.
There is always some distortion.
The stretching, bending, and enlarging of areas on a map due to the curvature of the earth.
some landmasses
Distortion is greater with a small scale map because it represents a larger geographic area on a relatively smaller piece of paper, leading to more generalization and less detail. In contrast, a large scale map shows a smaller geographic area with more detail and accuracy, resulting in less distortion.
A globe is the world as it appears from space, and is approximately ball shaped. This allows the countries of the whole world to be shown on a globe without distortion. On a flat map, distortion is unavoidable, especially if the scale is small and showing a large area. Peel an orange, and try to flatten on a flat surface, will prove that a map of the World can not avoid distortion.
The world is a sphere, maps can't be.
The distortion was that the Earth was round
when a earth's map in a circle the location will be one place.If you put the earth's map in a paper the location will be another place.thats the distortion of earth.
A map is a flat printing of what is a birds-eye view of the earth. A world map printed on paper shows distortion with some countries being larger than they actually are. Maps of small sections show no distortion. A globe shows the earth without distortion, especially as the globe shows the whole world. The trouble with a globe, is you can't easily carry it in your rucksack!
The Robinson projection is commonly used to minimize distortion of continents on a world map. It achieves this by balancing the size and shape of landmasses while slightly distorting both.
distortion
The four types of distortion in maps are shape distortion, area distortion, distance distortion, and direction distortion. These distortions occur due to the challenge of transferring a three-dimensional surface onto a two-dimensional map.
When a curved surface, such as the Earth's surface, is transferred to a flat map, distortion occurs. This distortion can affect the shape, size, distance, and direction of features on the map, known as map projection. Different map projections are used to minimize these distortions for specific purposes.
A small area map.
Distortion is especially severe on maps that use the Mercator projection, such as world maps. This projection distorts the size and shape of landmasses, particularly near the poles.