Areas near both the equator and prime meridian are accurate, but the distortion gets worse the further you go from either. This attempt at creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the ...

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.

How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point. See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don’t show the most accurate appearance of ...

To design a map of ... from the world maps you saw in school, the continents on the AuthaGraph aren’t lined up straight across—they’re angled in a way that provides a more accurate ...

When this world map was charted in the 1600s ... while Europe is smaller than South America. The map debate and which one is more accurate still continues to this day and even made it onto our ...

Schools across the city have this week introduced a new standard map — and it is sending ... will give them a more accurate view of the world. The Gall-Peters projection is an equal area ...

The way we see the world needs an update ... Tokyo-based architect and artist Hajime Narukawa developed the map to be an accurate representation of our spherical planet—no easy feat, it turns ...