The map you see is the Mercator projection. But unlike a standard Mercator projection, you can substitute any point on earth as the "pole". (The initial view shows Boston as the pole point ...

CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History application. A map projection is a way of flattening the Earth’s surface in order to present it on a two-dimensional surface like ...

Every map tells a lie, but good maps use the right projection to tell specific truths. This is "Get to Know a Projection," a Map Lab series that shows you all the different ways to unround the Earth.

The Mercator map has a boundary cut error: one makes a cut of 180 degrees along the meridian of the international date line from pole to pole and unrolls the Earth’s surface, thus putting Hawaii ...

Google introduced a new update to Google Maps: when you zoom all the way out, the Earth will no longer be displayed as a flat surface, but as a globe. It’s a change that allows the map to more ...

Cartographers have unveiled a new map of the world which shows the size of the continents more accurately. The new projection is called Equal Earth and is designed to represent the relative sizes ...

The map you are likely familiar with is one based on the Mercator projection, published by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

The world map you know and love? It’s been lying to you. The traditional world map, known as the Mercator projection, seriously messes up the size of countries.

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.

When many people picture a map of the world, what they're probably thinking of is a Mercator projection, a representation that despite its apparent distortions has been around more than 400 years.

CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History application. A map projection is a way of flattening the Earth’s surface in order to present it on a two-dimensional surface like ...