Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.

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 ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

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 ...

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 standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a 16th century rendering ... equation to quantify the degree of distortion that a world map experienced.

“We searched for alternative equal-area map projections for world maps, but could not find any that met all our aesthetic criteria. Hence the idea was born to create a new projection that would ...

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.

“And that means that it is impossible to accurately depict her surface on a two-dimensional map.” Due to how the Mercator projection works ... Understand the world with a daily explainer ...

This warped worldview might even bias you, subconsciously, to under-appraise most of the developing world. Shapes also change in map projections. Distances vary. Straight lines curve. Some ...