why map is not accurate as a globe
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Maps are not as accurate as globes, however. To create a flat representation of the curved surface of the earth, something has to be distorted. You can understand this by studying the illustration below. The surface of the globe has been “peeled off” and cut along the lines of longitude.
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Because a globe is in a round shape which is assumed to be the actual shape of our Earth , whereas a map is drawn on a straight plane and just because Earth being round, it could not be drawn that much accurately on a straight plane .
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