Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

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.

This article was originally published on Nov. 3, 2016. Our maps have been lying to us for centuries. The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a ...

And the Mercator projection has remained popular ... a spherical surface to a rectangular surface such as a map of the world while maintaining correctly proportions in areas," according to ...

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 ...

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe ... Mercator came up with a solution that worked for sailors. On his projection, the parallel vertical lines of longitude are equally spaced ...

The Peters Projection map claimed to show the world in a more accurate, equal-area fashion. Because Peters’s map showed the size of developing nations more accurately, charitable organizations ...

The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own. The first ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

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 ...