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globe - [cartography] A sphere on which a map of the earth or a celestial body is represented. Since the earth's natural shape is similar to a sphere, globes distort the earth's features far less than flat maps.
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Source: esri, 02 May 2012 09:07:43, http://support.esri.com/en/knowledgebase/GISDictionary/term/abbreviation
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