The easiest way to represent our planet is as it is: with a globe—a sphere. But things get complicated when we need to represent it on a flat surface—a sheet of paper or a screen—to create what we know as a map. The answer to "Which is the most accurate map of the world?" or "Which world map is most similar to reality?" is confusing: all of them or none. Any cartographic projection of our planet is a simulation, a tool for a specific purpose.