No map projection can depict shapes and areas as accurately as the globe.

Name: No map projection can depict shapes and areas as accurately as the globe.
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This is true because map projections are two-dimensional representations of a three-dimensional globe, and as a result, they cannot accurately display the true shape and size of all geographical features. Map projections must distort either shape or area or both in order to flatten the globe, resulting in some degree of distortion.

No Map Projection Can Depict Shapes and Areas as Accurately