Mr. Murray recently connected the world of maps and cartography to our explorations of storybooks around the world. We learned that the flat map we have been using to plot our storybooks is actually a distorted projection of the globe!
Have you ever wondered how our spherical world is converted into a flat map? See the video below for more information!
The video above discusses the way in which the size of different countries around the world can become misrepresented on a flat map. Mr. Murray explored the following online mapping resource with us to visualize how these changes occur and how our maps may not be telling us the whole truth!
The True Size Of Online Mapping Tool: https://thetruesize.com/