The America you see above is a proud country. Its northwestern border is arched like a subtly confident grin. The scrawl from Minnesota to Maine looks like a doctor's confident signature. East and ...

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...

CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. While 3D globes are the most accurate way of representing the layout of the Earth’s surface, it’s much more ...

For centuries, the Mercator projection has been one of the most recognizable representations of the world. Developed in 1569 during the height of maritime exploration, it was engineered with a ...

THE second edition of this useful book differs little from the first, which was published in 1914, but the author's identity is now revealed. Most books on map projection are either severely ...

When the Boston Public School District recently decided to change what type of map it used, that move inspired a group of scientists to develop a brand new type of world map. They claim it is the most ...

There is an episode in The West Wing television series in which White House press spokesperson CJ Craig meets a delegation of cartographers, who explain that the standard world map — a Mercator ...

IT is very satisfactory to find that at the present time care is being taken that the principles of map projection are being studied as soon as the use of maps is seriously undertaken. At one time ...

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