A globe on a two-dimensional screen seems pretty dull compared to map projections that look like armadillos, butterflies, or deconstructed polygons. The azimuthal orthographic (as it's formally ...

Their own azimuthal equidistant double-sided projection, meanwhile, scores 0.881. “We believe it is the most accurate flat map of Earth yet,” the trio write. It might technically be flat ...

or Maurer's orthodromic or two-point azimuthal projection. An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections. J. A. Steers. Third edition, revised and enlarged. Pp. xxiii + 227. (London: University ...

People have long been intrigued by figuring out the center of the places where we live. You’re probably familiar with the concept of center of population. Imagine placing an equal weight at the ...

The operation never goes perfectly, and the final map is ... Mercator and the azimuthal equal-area -- work best on areas taller than they are wide, and polar regions. A conic projection, like ...

Known as a "planisphere," the map is aligned in a “north polar azimuthal projection,” meaning that the North Pole is at its center. When he published his work in a four-volume, geographic ...