Different Map Projections Have Different Priorities Since map projections come in various kinds and serve different purposes, there is no one best projection. All equal-area maps show land size in the ...

New Delhi: Member states of the African Union, on 15 August, signed a petition for the world to ‘reject’ the Mercator map projection and accept a more equitable projection that “more accurately ...

A plan by Togo to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to move away from the Mercator world map has revived a ...

Maps sit quietly in classrooms, on news websites and inside phone screens. They look settled and precise, but the world they show is always slightly bent out of shape. Because the Earth is round, any ...