There are anamorphic maps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram#Shape-warpi

There are anamorphic maps: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram#Shape-warping_contiguous_cartograms https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cartogram#Shape-warping_contig... but for whatever reason they are not common. I remember (but cannot find it right now) one of these maps of Europe that was based on the railway travel time between main cities that made it evident how time and distance are very different.