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Representing the surface of a sphere like the Earth on a flat map requires distortion of distance and area. This was achieved historically by slicing the globes surface into tapering segments, like orange slices which were then spread out flat. Although this enables the Earth to be shown as flat, the huge distortion must be remembered. There is little distortion at the Equator, but it gets worse towards the poles. On a flat, square map of the whole planet the poles, which are actually mere points, are shown as continuous lines at the top and bottom! The longitude lines are just vertical lines. Some world maps show the segments actually separated, or do not show the segments totally flattened. On these maps the longitude lines are curved and the distortion lessened, but certainly not eliminated.
Curtis Strite
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∙ 9y agoBecause the Earth is round, not flat. Lines of longitude go around the Earth, from top to bottom, like the way you would slice an orange.
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