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Mapping the World

Map makers have to use a variety of tricks to stretch 3D shapes into regular, flat maps.

Here are some examples:

Live satellite view
A map of the Earth that changes.
Peters Projection
These people offer a strong argument that this type of map is the best.
Map projections from University of Texas
We were surprised by this variety of choices.

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