The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

But by looking at the Mercator Projection, one of the most widely used map projections, one wouldn’t know it. Created by ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The map of Africa is much larger than most people think. However, most classroom maps and atlases still understate it – a ...

Ever wondered why Greenland looks as big as Africa on the map? It’s because of something called the Mercator projection. Putting a 3-D planet on a two-dimensional world map was challenging for early ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly every voting country recently approved of a new way to depict the world. The United Nations' endorsement of a new global ...

The map of Africa is much larger than most people think. However, most classroom maps and atlases still understate it – a distortion embedded in the Mercator projection that has shaped world maps for ...