There are practical reasons why it's done the opposite, flat charts are projected onto a globe. The practical rationale is that you can only see about 20km around at any given point, and in that scale, it's all going to be a flat topographical area.
I suspected it wasn't a globe, but rather charts. I was only partially serious, and that's not a direction I could form any strong arguments one way or another, simply because of a lack of experience.
If you're not moving more that 20km, the earth is big enough that you can consider it flat. Ships move thousands of miles, you can't treat it as flat anymore.
I was trying to convey how much trouble we go through because charts are flat and the earth isn't. It's a PITA sometimes.
There are practical reasons why it's done the opposite, flat charts are projected onto a globe. The practical rationale is that you can only see about 20km around at any given point, and in that scale, it's all going to be a flat topographical area.
I suspected it wasn't a globe, but rather charts. I was only partially serious, and that's not a direction I could form any strong arguments one way or another, simply because of a lack of experience.
If you're not moving more that 20km, the earth is big enough that you can consider it flat. Ships move thousands of miles, you can't treat it as flat anymore.
I was trying to convey how much trouble we go through because charts are flat and the earth isn't. It's a PITA sometimes.