Map making is hard. You can&#x27;t transfer spherical world to a flat paper sheet&#x2F;screen without distorting it in one way or another. There was an article not long ago here in HN about this problem:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;apr&#x2F;02&#x2F;google-maps-gets-africa-wrong" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2014&#x2F;apr&#x2F;02&#x2F;google-maps-get...</a>