what are the advantages and disadvantages of map
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ADVANTAGES OF MAP
The Advantages of a Map Over a Globe. Classrooms all over the world have both mapsand globes. Educators use these to show students relationships between countries, distances between cities and where certain landmarks are, and to help illustrate where and how certain historical events happened.
DISADVANTAGES OF MAP
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 distancesMaps with no legend are frequently confusing to the map userMaps 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”.
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ADVANTAGES OF MAP
The Advantages of a Map Over a Globe. Classrooms all over the world have both mapsand globes. Educators use these to show students relationships between countries, distances between cities and where certain landmarks are, and to help illustrate where and how certain historical events happened.
DISADVANTAGES OF MAP
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 distancesMaps with no legend are frequently confusing to the map userMaps 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”.
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globe advantages. more accurate earth's surface, shape of continents, and their relative position. No distortion. ...
Globe disadvantages. No detailed info. Only provides 1/2 view of earth at all times. ...
Map advantages. produced at any scale, more detailed info. ...
map disadvantages. distort shape and size of landforms.
Globe disadvantages. No detailed info. Only provides 1/2 view of earth at all times. ...
Map advantages. produced at any scale, more detailed info. ...
map disadvantages. distort shape and size of landforms.
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