Since then he’s thrown the device onto a stepper motor, and now has a clever 2D room mapping machine. He learned how to create the webcam laser range finder from [Todd Danko], a project we ...

Tim Bray, the co-inventor of Extensible Markup Language, launches a venture that is creating new technology aimed at rendering computer networks in the form of 2D and 3D maps. Department Editor ...

as well as a round Antarctica (rare to see in 2D maps), but the odd shapes make it extremely hard to follow. Gott improved on this design, drawing inspiration to create a double-sided map instead.

Earth is a sphere, so how can it be accurately portrayed on a 2D map? Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator ...

Languages; English. Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far ...

Earth is a sphere, so how can it be accurately portrayed on a 2D map? Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator ...