Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Africa is putting its foot down when it comes to the Mercator projection map, the most widely used representation of the world, according to IFLScience. Several countries in Africa are now opposing it ...

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...

MR. STEERS's useful little book on map projections, the third edition of which has recently been issued, is written for those students of geography who have only the most elementary knowledge of ...

MAPS of the world have the impossible task of portraying the Earth—a three-dimensional shape—on a flat sheet of paper. Mapmakers have to choose a projection of the globe that approximates the basic ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...