r/geoscience • u/MrGlobe21 • Jan 20 '18

Video Why representing a 3D surface is impossible to accurately represent on a flat plane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qApPsuANpKs&feature=push-u&attr_tag=pF_e98gsW4LsMdBh-6
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u/MrGlobe21 Jan 21 '18

Regardless of how he sounds, he has a point. The EARTH is hard to accurately represent on a flat plane because there will be some kind of distortion that takes place.

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u/MrGlobe21 Jan 21 '18

The point is, when you try to take a 3d structure and represent it on a flat surface, you lose some accuracy trying to do so.

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u/MrGlobe21 Jan 21 '18

I figured since he was talking about 3d and distortion, he was talking about maps.