That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

When drawing up a map, a cartographer must choose between zenithal, gnomonic, stereographic, orthographic, globular, conical, cylindrical or sinusoidal modes of projection — each of which brings ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...