Unlike the standard map of the world, designed in the 1500s, this new map doesn't distort Greenland to make it look the same size as Africa.

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A video showing the true size of Russia compared to Africa has gone viral on TikTok as social media users learn about the misrepresentation of scale on many world maps. First posted in late ...

A new kind of world map (above) has been developed that shows the true size of the continents without distorting their shapes too much. The world map you are probably familiar with is called the ...

Explore globes and a map of the world with Sue Venir. Video Transcript Video Transcript. Oh hello! ... Europe, Africa, North America, South America, Asia, Oceania and Antarctica.

On a typical world map, Canada is a vast nation. Home to six time zones, its endless plains spread from ocean to ocean, dominating great swathes of the northern half of the globe. But, in reality ...

But globes are bulky and cumbersome, so we still squeeze our 3-D orb onto 2-D maps. And thanks to a clever architect in Tokyo, we have a map that could change the world — or at least how we ...

Google Maps rolled out a globe on Friday, most likely frustrating internet-connected flat-Earthers around -- sorry, across -- the world. Click on the new Globe Mode, zoom out, and the Earth will ...

Slide 1 of 4, A Mercator map projection.It is 2D. Some of the continents are smaller or bigger than on a globe., Mercator map projection The Mercator map projection is used widely for navigation ...