Talk:Equestria/@comment-26254185-20160817140827/@comment-24468230-20160917052003

Blueflames, maybe not. Maps of our planet are often shaped like squares or rectangles, even though it's well-known this planet is indeed shaped like a sphere (or, technically, an oblate sphereoid).

I won't go into the details, but I'll just say maps involve "projecting" the round surface of the Earth onto a flat rectangle or square.