map projections,”The various ways of showing thespherical surface of Earth on flatpaper are called -All create somedistortion. For maps of small parts ofEarth’s surface, the distortion isminimal.Developing a this for thewhole surface of Earth thatminimizes distortion is much morechallengingMaps are not unbiased. Mostcurrently popular world map reflect the Europeanorigins of modern cartography. For aless-biased study of the modernworld
we need world maps thatcenter on different parts of theglobe.”