How Maps Distort and Shape Understanding
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Every map you have ever seen is technically wrong. You look at a standard classroom map and
think Greenland is the size of Africa, but in reality, Africa is fourteen times bigger.
That is because flattening a round planet onto a square sheet of paper distorts everything.
Real geography isn't about memorizing capitals; it is about the why of where.
We use spatial data to analyze why cities cluster on coasts or how a virus moves through a community.
From satellite imagery to the GPS tracking your pizza, data tells the story. Maps don't just
show the world; they shape how you understand it.
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