Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly b.

Greenland appears much larger than it actually is on most world maps, thanks to the Mercator projection, a centuries-old map ...

On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...

Rakshit Sharma For most people, the first encounter with the wider world does not come through travel, diplomacy or even news ...

If cartography is defined only as paper maps drawn in European formats, then Europe wins by definition. If cartography is defined as the reliable transmission of spatial knowledge that enables ...

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

Noah Giansiracusa dispels a myth about the world's largest island. In Slate, he explains why a Mercator projection makes Greenland look far larger than it is, and why this matters. "While the choice ...

New projections of the 2030 U.S. Census indicating a major shift of electoral votes from traditionally blue states to red states could be a "game changer" in the quadrennial battle between Democrats ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...

“Maps are facts, but they can also be arguments — and Trump recognises that,” said Cheshire. He suggested that Trump’s love of a real estate deal, where schematic plans become reality, may be behind ...

Have you ever wondered how artists transform everyday surfaces into mesmerizing, larger-than-life visual experiences? Nick Greenawalt explores how projection mapping can turn walls, objects, and even ...