Like let’s say that we start on the cape of goodwill for example and follow the coast.
Represent each 1km with 1mm for example on our map (map size isn’t a problem just for the sake of the argument). Getting the directions of drawing off a compass exactly. And just walk around all the coasts of the world.
What type of map do we end up with in this hypothetical?
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Simply put, your method can’t work. In general, the line generated by traversing the coast of any continent wouldn’t form a closed loop on the paper when you returned to your starting point. As a simple example, imagine a three-sided continent that reaches a point at the north pole and two other points on the equator. Two of its coast lines run due-north/south and the third runs due east/west. Drawing those three lines on a flat piece of paper doesn’t make a triangle. Using the north pole is an extreme example but the same issue will occur for all the continents. And think about what would happen if you tried to do Antarctica!
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