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A flat sheet of paper can’t wrap a globe seamlessly - that’s why projections are created in the first place. An actual globe doesn’t have that problem.
by ghostpepper 4y ago
A flat sheet of paper can’t wrap a globe seamlessly - that’s why projections are created in the first place.
An actual globe doesn’t have that problem.
- glitchc 4y agosee posted video. An actual globe is created from flat sheets of paper cut into strips and stuck on. Printing a curved surface on a flat plane is by definition a projection.
- Tagbert 4y agoyes, it is and that is why they use small flat sections of paper to compose a globe. By doing that they minimize the distortions of flat maps to be point of being too small to matter. Your "gotcha" about how globes are made is much ado about nothing.
- TheCoelacanth 4y agoYes, but they don't just print out a Mercator map and glue that to the surface. They use a projection that is going to produce the final appearance that they're aiming for.
- stale2002 4y agoAre you aware that it is pretty easy and possible to create an accurate globe map?
- Double_a_92 4y agoHow much of a difference do you expect to see from that "projection" compared to a handpainted globe or even the real earth?