The mapmakers have to make this choice because of the shape of our planet and because there is still not a method as to how to have both the land shapes and distances to be precise at the same time.
The shape of the earth is the factor that is not allowing (at least for now) that we have both correct land shapes and precise distances on the maps of the Earth. Because the Earth has a rounded shape, as we move further away from the Equator, the shapes are deforming more and more, or rather they are stretching more and more which makes them appear much bigger than they actually are, thus giving us an unrealistic picture of the size of some of the places on our planet.
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The main effect of the earth is seasons.
Explanation:
Our earth is tilted at the axis of 23.5° (relative to our orbital plane – the plane of Earth's orbit around the sun. ) and this tilted axis is causing seasonal change at our planet.
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Explanation:
GIS stands for Geographic Information Systems.
GIS is an environment which is used for collecting, storing, manipulating, analyzing and visualizing geographical data.
The most important aspect of GIS is its capability in handling data with locational attributes which are geographical data.
To use data from the database from a chain of hardware stores, the data must be tied to their respective location i.e they must locational attributes.
What first comes to my mind is that one or more rivers feature very prominently in these civilizations: the Nile in the Egyptian and the Tigris and Euphrates in the Babylonian.
The coast of california on the western side of the state has a moist climate, while eastern side is a desert. it could cause the difference in: c. the west side is closer to the equator than the east.
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