For centuries, the maps used to understand the world have distorted Africa’s size compared to most northerly nations.

Africa is putting its foot down when it comes to the Mercator projection map, the most widely used representation of the ...

O. M. Miller, Notes on Cylindrical World Map Projections, Geographical Review, Vol. 32, No. 3 (Jul., 1942), pp. 424-430 ...

The African Union says the Mercator projection distorts Africa’s size and identity—and it’s pushing a new map to set the record straight.

In cylindrical maps – as is the case with the Mercator projection and the many modern maps based on it – areas around the equator remain roughly accurate.

In cylindrical maps – as is the case with the Mercator projection – areas around the equator remain roughly accurate, but the further you move from the equator, the more distorted and inflated ...

Image credits: amazingmap The aforementioned Mercator projection (a cylindrical map projection) was presented in 1569 by the Flemish geographer and cartographer, Gerardus Mercator. As Dr. Rouse ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another explains that mathematically, it is impossible to have one accurate flat map.

The Economist has their own version of the map. They decided to rework Krause's map using Gall's Stereographic Cylindrical Projection (1855). It is noted that this is constituted by two standard ...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity took 25 images in Gale Crater using its mast-mounted Right Navigation Camera (Navcam) to create this mosaic.