A collaboration of three cartographers has developed a new representation of the world map, which is aesthetically pleasing and depicts the true sizes of all continents without distorting their shapes ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to ...

This paragraph explains why the Mercator projection is still a good map tool for most maritime navigation companies. The same factor that has aided sailors for hundreds of years has created a ...

The African Union has called for replacing the venerable Mercator map projection with another one that would show Africa’s ...

Do you know how America compares to Australia in terms of size? These 30 real-world maps will change your perception about ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Students attending Boston public schools will get a more accurate depiction of the world after the school district rolled ...

Image Credit: Gene Keyes Winner of the Buckminster Fuller Institute's 2013 map contest, by Nicole Santucci and Woodcut Maps. (Buckminster Fuller Institute) Finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Institute ...