Greenland appears much larger than it actually is on most world maps, thanks to the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style. A recent study reveals how this distortion influences our perception ...

“Maps are facts, but they can also be arguments — and Trump recognises that,” said Cheshire. He suggested that Trump’s love of a real estate deal, where schematic plans become reality, may be behind ...

This paragraph explains why the Mercator projection is still a good map tool for most maritime navigation companies. The same factor that has aided sailors for hundreds of years has created a ...

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The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...

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THE problem of reducing the sphere to a plane surface has ever been a difficulty. This realisation has led cartographers to adopt the policy of constructing a map for a specific purpose. The most ...

Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly bent out of shape. Because the Earth is round, any ...