The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to get rid of it for good. Last week, the African Union, a continental union of ...

Maps are hugely important tools in our everyday life, whether it’s guiding our journeys from point A to B, or shaping our big picture perceptions about geopolitics and the environment. For many people ...

For centuries, the Mercator projection has been one of the most recognizable representations of the world. Developed in 1569 during the height of maritime exploration, it was engineered with a ...

Various such as Mercator 's projectionProjection methodYou can see how much deformed it is compared with the actual terrain while comparing 2D maps using 3D globe with "Visualizing map distortion"is.

The flat world map we normally see is made by the Mercator projection, which is a cylindrical map projection developed by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. While the linear scale is equal in all ...