It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat map? The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is ...

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Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True.

Created by Hajime Narukawa, the AuthaGraph World Map was announced as the winner of the 2016 Good Design Grand Award, one of the most prestigious design awards in Japan.It preserves the ...

Lula da Silva defended the map, stating, “The Earth is round. Our perspective matters.” Brazil has launched a new world map that places the South American nation at the center of the world ...

No flat map of our round world can be perfect, of course. First you need to peel off Earth’s skin, then pin it down. This mathematical taxidermy introduces distortions.

The famed poem, "The Shot Heard Round the World," references the first shot fired in the revolution. Turns out, determining where that happened gets a bit technical.

The Earth is round. Now it looks that way on Google Maps. A WHOLE NEW WORLD. Google Maps now offers a refreshing new angle of Earth. That is: a more accurate one. Google recently announced that ...

A 1993 compendium of nearly 200 map projections dating back 2,000 years did not include any, nor did they find any similar patents. “Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott ...

If you once failed geography class, have no fear -- because the world map you were studying wasn't even accurate. Don't freak out, though: The world is still round and there are still seven ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it ...