An accurate world map is something that has evaded ... Their design was inspired by the Robinson projection map from 1963 ...

The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection ... creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the ...

But while the Robinson map did not attempt to show ... "We searched for alternative equal-area map projections for world maps, but could not find any that met all our aesthetic criteria," the ...

As a result, shapes of world maps have typically been diverse ... latitude areas are also more elongated than those in the Robinson projection, the authors note, and areas along the poles seem ...

The world map you are probably familiar with is called ... but there are issues with all of them. For instance, the Robinson projection (final image), with its curved sides, is much better than ...

When the Boston Public School District recently decided to change what type of map it used, that move inspired a group of scientists to develop a brand new type of world map. They claim it is the ...

When Rand McNally asked the veteran educator and map maker half a century ago to come up with a more realistic “projection ... predecessors, Robinson put the emphasis on the world’s most ...

The World Bank, too, has picked it up. The institution, since 2013, has experimented with different projections, including the Robinson map, but in 2024 settled on the Equal Earth map.

The standard classroom maps we all learned geography from are based on the Mercator projection ... creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the ...