A TOP MAP: A one-to-one correspondence between places or states of reality and the points of an easily studied surface, so that very close points of the surface correspond to very close places or states, and vice versa.

Equally good bad: (ordinary, population, GDP, child mortality)

Equally good:

Image Credits:
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/cartograms/,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe,
http://www.1ststoptravelstore.com/World_Globes_Replogle_Earth_square_Desktop_Globe.htm,
http://www.dutchspace.nl/pages/press/content.asp?id=286&PID=228&LangType=1033,
http://www.mccainfoodservice.ca/en-CA/AboutMcCain/Pages/Sustainability.aspx.