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Since the Earth is actually spherical (or very nearly spherical, it is technically an oblate spheroid) it maps more accurately onto a sphere (or globe) than it does onto a flat piece of paper.

All flat maps distort, but the smaller the area that you're trying to map, the less it's in error.

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