How Maps Distort and Shape Understanding

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.