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Global maps can distort the way people view the world

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...
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Africa is way bigger than your world map shows. Now, advocates want the cartographic lie corrected

Africa is putting its foot down when it comes to the Mercator projection map, the most widely used representation of the world, according to IFLScience. Several countries in Africa are now opposing it ...
Geographical

Greenland’s true size, according to five maps

Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your ...
Nature

An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections

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 ...
Gizmodo

This is how map projections warp your understanding of geography

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 ...