Details: This National Geographic map features a Tripel Projection, which reduces distortion of land masses as they near the poles. Corner inset maps feature vegetation, land use, and population density. It is printed at a scale of 1 inch to every 354 miles.
A map is a simplified depiction of a space which highlights relations between components (objects, regions) of that space. Most usually a map is a two-dimensional, geometrically accurate representation of a three-dimensional space, e.g., a geographical map. More generally, maps can be devised to represent any local property of the world or part of it.