Reuters: Fact Check: Alexander Gleason’s map of the world does not prove the earth is flat
Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ring that ...
Fact Check: Alexander Gleason’s map of the world does not prove the earth is flat
However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, they represent both reality and distortion. When looking at a rectangular world map, you see an illustrated view of Earth, the surface ...
list25 on MSN: 25 surprising facts about maps: See the world differently
Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly bent out of shape. Because the Earth is round, any ...
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The word flat is much more common in British than American English. Geometrically, something flat is an even, level plane, like Kansas relative to the Rocky Mountains, or the cargo area of a flatbed truck.