# Impossible Map

Illustrates by examples that a true picture of the world is possible only when constructed on a globe. A grapefruit and a turnip with maps superimposed are cut various ways to show the distortion of the surfaces when they are flattened. The changes in the relationships of the water and land areas are emphasized by tracing on cellophane laid on the sections

Intermediate/Elementary through college

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 1948
- Genres: Education, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/impossiblemap)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Kids profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

[Watch now](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/watch/archive/ia/impossiblemap?play=1)