Greenland appears much larger than it actually is on most world maps, thanks to the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style. A recent study reveals how this distortion influences our perception ...

Creating a map of the world presents a fundamental problem – how to turn the three-dimensional sphere of the Earth into a flat, two-dimensional image. In 1569, the Flemish cartographer Gerardus ...

A compromise projection does not meet the definitions for any of the previously described map projection types. As a result, overall distortion is reduced, and the final result appears more visually ...

For those who only know the name Mercator through the controversial map projection that bears his name, historian Andrew Taylor has done a great service. In “The World of Gerard Mercator,” Taylor has ...

CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...

CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...