The thing is, it’s not accurate. When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s projection, the idea was that ships could use the lines of longitude and latitude as a ...

Think ‘world map’ and your mind probably jumps to the elliptical Winkel tripel projection, often seen in textbooks and incorporated in world news logos. It’s pretty ubiquitous, but is just ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't ...

Hannah Osborne is Nesweek's Science Editor, based in London, UK. Hannah joined Newsweek in 2017 from IBTimes UK. She is a graduate of Goldsmiths University and King's College London. Languages ...

Most map projections bend and stretch the globe until it's flat enough to show the whole world at once. In other words, most map projections show you so much that they lose their perspective.

Greenland: massive on a Mercator world map, but here's its true size between Africa and South America There are other projections of the globe that seek to represent the size of land masses more ...

First, a bit of background. What makes the Dymaxion World map so enduring? It’s a brilliant mathematical object. Fuller’s projection bears far less distortion than other flat maps, like the ...

Schools across the city have this week introduced a new standard map ... Peters projection, replacing the popular Mercator Projection, will give them a more accurate view of the world.