Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Apple Maps is currently still showing a flat view of the world. For what it's worth, even maps in school do this. Thinking back to my elementary school days, I can clearly remember looking at the ...