The new Equal Earth map projection gives an accurate representation of the continents without sacrificing appearances. By Avery Thompson Published: Sep 05, 2018 4:44 PM EDT Šavrič et al.

This attempt at creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the map to mimic a sphere. The Robinson isn’t as extreme, however, taking the form of a ...

The Strebe 1995 projection was created by cartographer Daniel Strebe in 1995.

Children in Boston’s public schools were introduced to a new world map last week, offering a comparison to the traditional Mercator projection map commonly used in classrooms.Boston’s public ...

Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another. The most popular version is the Mercator projection, created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus ...

The Gall-Peters projection map keeps the land masses of continents proportional to how they actually appear in reality. Yes, South America, Africa and Australia really are that big.

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 ...