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 ...

The sellers never responded, but Ogundairo suspected they used a problematic projection. Discouraged, she refused to place an order. Ogundairo’s obsession with map projections is not random.

Map projection proves to be a challenge when trying to depict a spherical object as a 2D graphic. READ MORE: Luke Humphries 'thought he was going to have a heart attack' while playing darts ...

The Lambert cylindrical equal-area projection depicts the Earth as short and wide, the Gall-Peters projection tall and long. Enter Mark Jeffery. The Rossland, B.C.-based software developer and ...

Map projections which correctly preserve two of the above-mentioned properties do so only from one point. For analysing the routes of long-distance migrants the distance and direction are the most ...