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 ...

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.

that move inspired a group of scientists to develop a brand new type of world map. They claim it is the most accurate yet. The big problem with mapmaking is that while maps are flat, the Earth is ...

It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat ... of water on Earth. The map is so proportionally accurate that you can ...

Creating a map ... accurate paper map. When people try, whole continents get distorted, with the most famous being Africa, a continent that is frequently underrepresented in size on most world ...

Dezeen promotion: an alternative world map thought to be the most accurate 2D projection ever made has taken the top prize at the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Awards.

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 ...

OUR map of the world hasn’t changed much in centuries. It seems to be set in stone. The thing is, it’s not accurate. When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s ...

These two "pancakes" represent the most accurate ... flat Earth map, Gott said. "A map that is good at one thing may not be good at depicting other things." Take, for example, the world map ...

Dezeen promotion: an alternative world map thought to be the most accurate 2D projection ever made has taken the top prize at the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Awards.