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 ...

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 from of navigation.

The Authagraph World Map: how the projection is built. Authagraph. 10 / 12. The Mercator Projection: the most common world map you'll see. By Strebe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

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 ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it ...

World map with accurate sizes: Gall-Peters projection throws schools into a spin. THIS is the world map many of us grew up with. So spare a thought for thousands of kids who’ve literally had ...