Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries.

Maps have often misrepresented the real sizes of developing nations, portraying them as smaller than more developed nations.

The Equal Earth World Map project has finally given us the most accurate map of Earth ever created. We just have to accept it ...

In order for the images to properly map onto a surface, the surface first has to be mapped so that the projection is able to properly transform the flat image in order to produce the illusion of ...

Until now, there are two map projections that are commonly found in textbooks and atlases. The Winkel Tripel flat map projection, which has a score of 4.563, and the Mercator projection ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was a challenge for ...

Whether you realize it or not, you're probably pretty familiar with the Mercator projection. It's the chosen map of Google, and often displayed in classrooms around the country. But Boston public ...

These different map representations are called projections. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name. A globe is a model of planet ...