The most widely used map in the U.S. today is the Mercator projection map. Mercator maps often appear in businesses, in libraries and in classrooms where geography is taught. This popularity is ...

The flat world map we normally see is made by the Mercator projection, which is a cylindrical map projection developed by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. While the linear scale is equal in all ...

In early 2013, James Talmage and Damon Maneice, two computer developers in Detroit, created an interactive map that shows the relative expanse of nations and continents. Partly inspired by the ...

Maps shape our understanding of the world – and in an increasingly interconnected and global economy, this geographic knowledge is more important than ever. The funny thing is, almost everyone ...

Vanderbei Projection made this year's list ...

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4 500 ...

The popular Mercator mapping projection of the world was created in the 16th Century as a navigation aid. It may have worked well for sailors, but is an inappropriate education tool because it ...