Is there any disadvantage in using maps?
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yess...nt having perfect scales differ to real distances
Advantages of paper maps
Necessary for certain uses: Paper maps are necessary for certain localities such as distances by road and topographic features.
Extents more readily obtained: Paper maps are designed in such a way that the extents are more readily available because of its certainty.
Used for data comparison: Paper maps can be used to make data comparison for historical purposes because they are static.
Paper maps give the bigger picture: Paper maps are designed on scales which give the user the bigger picture of the environment as opposed to specifics.
No sudden errors or malfunctions: Paper maps are printed on papers that are static with no future changes. Therefore there will be no sudden changes on the outline of the map when you are trying to read it.
It is tangible: Paper maps are tangible and can be seen and touched which brings in the feeling of physicality and reality.
Disadvantages of paper maps
Time consuming: Paper maps are time consuming because they require complex interpretations when reading them.
Good quality paper maps may be hard to find: It is quite difficult to find high quality paper maps in the modern digital world.
Map printing errors: Paper maps are prone to printing errors whenever they are taken to the printers for printing.
Paper maps can easily be damaged: Paper maps are printed on paper that can easily be damaged as a result of weather conditions or other physical forces such as water or paint.
Paper maps are limited: Paper maps only show limited areas on a single map and you will need several maps if you are visiting several destinations.
The biggest disadvantages of maps come from maps which are badly made in one way or another:
Maps with no scale give a poor idea of distances
Maps with no legend are frequently confusing to the map user
Maps with errors on (usually accidental) can send the map user to the wrong place or otherwise lead them to bad decisions
But there are also some disadvantages that are inherent to geographical maps:
Maps are never perfect. The smaller-scale the map, the more detail from the real world is missing, even if it has no actual errors. Features are simplified (this is called generalisation) and averaged out.
Flat maps always involve distortion. It’s not possible to project the curved surface of the Earth onto a flat sheet/screen with perfect accuracy, and while there are some projections which faithfully reproduce either areas or directions, the maps in most common use (Mercator variants) badly distort areas away from the equator.
Maps always omit information. To make maps readable for one type of information, another kind of information must be left out, otherwise the map becomes an unusable mess. Most labels on maps obscure something which could otherwise have been shown there.
Maps don’t show time, but hardly ever say what specific point in time they are supposed to represent. For instance the map of Europe on my wall right now shows Crimea as part of Ukraine, but in fact it was annexed by Russia in 2014. The map doesn’t state what date it shows.
Maps are always designed with a particular use, or set of uses, in mind. But the maps themselves almost never state their intended uses! So it’s quite common for people to put a map to use in a way that it wasn’t intended for, and which the generalisations, labels and accuracy aren’t really suitable for. The only solution to this would be better “map literacy”.
Advantage of map
map can be folded easily and we can carry every where
map is small in size
map gives more detailed information then the globe
All maps have distortions because it is impossible to represent a three-dimensional objects like the earth accurately on flat maps. Maps that do not distort shape. Straight parallels and meridians cross at writing goals, most often used for world map. Maps that show correct distances, ever a world map.
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