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A way of showing the sphere on the earth on the flat surface of a map.
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it is a robinson projection
Yes they do
Its called a projection map
Cartographers use a projection method to show the round Earth on a flat surface. Different types of map projections, such as Mercator or Robinson, are used to represent the Earth's curved surface in two dimensions while minimizing distortion of shape, area, distance, or direction.
A circle. However, a way of showing a sperical object on a flat surface, such as a map of the world, is called a projection. The most widely used example is the "Mercator Projection", the familiar classroom World map, although there are many others.