In a fascinating exposé, a visual campaign reveals that the familiar world map we all grew up with is more illusion than fact ...

And thanks to a clever architect in Tokyo, we have a map that could change the world — or at least how we picture it. Created by Hajime Narukawa, the AuthaGraph World Map was announced as the ...

Think ‘world map’ and your mind probably jumps to the elliptical Winkel tripel projection, often seen in textbooks and incorporated in world news logos. It’s pretty ubiquitous, but is just ...

Lula da Silva defended the map, stating, “The Earth is round. Our perspective matters.” Brazil has launched a new world map that places the South American nation at the center of the world ...

The world map you are probably familiar with is called the Mercator projection (below), which was developed all the way back in 1569 and greatly distorts the relative areas of land … ...