2007-01-22 11:22:55 · 4 answers · asked by silverrider74 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Geography
The farther you get from the equator on a flat map, the more "stretched" wider the image is. Just imagine wrapping a flat map around a globe. Wouldn't you have to fold a lot of the map or cut out big wedges from the map to make it lie flat against the globe?
2007-01-22 11:30:22 · answer #1 · answered by ecolink 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The geography of 3 dimensional space makes it impossible to reproduce in 2 dimensions.
Anytime you reduce the features on a globe to a flat map you can have accuracy in two of the four main attributes of a map
Size and Shape
OR
Distance and Direction.
Thats why flat maps make Greenland look like its as big as the USA and on the Globe its no where near that big.
2007-01-22 11:34:58 · answer #2 · answered by chocolahoma 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
National Geographic has great maps.
2016-05-23 23:03:20 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The world is round and not flat
2007-01-25 09:39:08 · answer #4 · answered by svollandt1 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋