The Impossible Map

The Impossible Map

10 mins | Documentary, Animation | Jan. 1, 1947

Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth.

The Impossible Map

10 mins | Documentary, Animation | Jan. 1, 1947

The Impossible Map
Development in long-range travel and the growing importance of the Arctic and Antarctic regions make it necessary to understand how maps may be misleading. Experiments with a grapefruit illustrate the difficulty of presenting a true picture of the world on a flat surface and it is concluded that the globe is the most accurate way of representing the earth.
Producers National Film Board of Canada
Original title The Impossible Map
Directors Evelyn Lambart
Writers

Cast

Bill Bolt

as Narrator