Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered why some countries seem much larger than others, even though that doesn't ...

The traditional world map, known as the Mercator projection, seriously messes up the size of countries. by German Lopez. Aug 17, 2016, 2:40 PM UTC. RealLifeLore.

The Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of schoolchildren thought Greenland was as large as Africa. Though out of fashion ...

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014 ...

The current standard for world maps, the Mercator projection, was developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. The map became the official standard because it is great for nautical ...

Every map starts with the same lie: The earth is flat. The globe isn’t a portable, affordable, or even satisfying way to look at the world, so these exaggerations are necessary. However ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own.

The world map is familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but in terms of country and continent size, it’s way off – and all because of a 16th-century projection.

This is especially obvious for maps that use certain projections—ways of representing the Earth’s curved surface on a flat map—such as the popular Mercator projection, which could be found ...

Many of the maps we use today are based on a solution created by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish geographer. In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection.

This phenomenon can be attributed to the Mercator projection, a map most commonly seen hanging in classrooms and in text books, which was created in 1596 to help sailors navigate the world.