Depending on the map projection used, the size of continents can be quite distorted - and a map showing the true size of each ...

All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.

Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past.

These different map representations are called projections. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name. A globe is a model of planet ...

MR. STEERS's useful little book on map projections, the third edition of which has recently been issued, is written for those students of geography who have only the most elementary knowledge of ...