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 Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of ...

Users on Reddit have been left baffled after seeing a map with the true size and shape of countries — including Greenland — ...

To see all of the globe, you have to rotate it. To see all of our new map, you simply have to flip it over,” said Gott. Until now, there are two map projections that are commonly found in ...

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 ...

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 ...

But Greenland is not nearly as large as it appears on most maps. The Mercator projection—which has been the standard map projection since the 18th century— is the name for the phenomenon in ...

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 ...