Cartographers explain how the Equal Earth projection shows Africa’s true relative size and why the world map we use matters.

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

The UN General Assembly adopted a non-binding resolution promoting world maps that more accurately reflect the relative sizes of countries and continents, with 164 member states voting in favor, six ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Image credits: Unsplash Pop open a blank world map and ask the average person to point to a handful of countries that make ...

Most of us likely see maps as something uncontroversial and relatively permanent—a simple tool for getting from point A to point B. But in regions engaged in border disputes, maps can become a lot ...

For centuries, human understanding of the size, shape and bearing of nations has been laid out by one map based on a single projection of the way the world looks. The Mercator projection was designed ...

Two decades ago, Google co-founder Larry Page had an idea that would forever change the way we navigate the world. "Larry drove down some of these streets with a video camera and handed it to someone ...

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