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A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of Earth. World maps, because of their scale, must deal with the problem of projection. Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three-dimensional surface of the Earth. While this is true of any map, these distortions reach extremes in a world map.
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English: Base map: File:Political_map_of_the_world_-_Soviet_legacy_color-scheme.svg, various maps of territorial control from Wikipedia and different sources from the Internet. Date 14 May 2019
Map of the world showing physical, political and population characteristics as per 2018, in Mercator projection, based on CC-0 Natural Earth geodata. Dutch Kaart van de wereld met geografische, politieke en bevolkingskarakteristieken per 2018, in Mercator projectie, gebaseerd op CC0 Natural Earth geodata.
Image:BlankMap-World.png – World map, Robinson projection centered on the meridian circa 11°15' to east from the Greenwich Prime Meridian. Microstates and island nations are generally represented by single or few pixels approximate to the capital; all territories indicated in the UN listing of territories and regions are exhibited.
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English: CIA World Factbook Political World Map. January 2015 is the latest vector version available of this file. (The October 2016 PDF contains a bitmap version, not vector. And February 2021 PDF version is partially vector, and partially bitmap.)