The resulting Equal Earth map has a neat and familiar look – but, eagle-eyed will notice some differences from the standard projections. Africa, for example, appears much larger than you may be ...

From those depicting the devastation of rising sea levels to displays of population density across the world, these maps will ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't ...

It serves as an update to the Robinson projection, used to show the planet as a flat image. But while the Robinson map did not attempt to show equal areas, the new Equal Earth map does.

The standard map projection, called the Mercator projection, was developed in 1569 and is still widely used. However, it heavily distorts the size of the continents, making Africa look tiny and ...

This article was originally published on Nov. 3, 2016. Our maps have been lying to us for centuries. The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection, a ...

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The Winkel Tripel projection world map was first designed in 1921. Notice how it distorts Antarctica and creates the illusion that Japan is very far away from California.