If you've got a spare globe, or an old tennis ball, ... The Mercator projection, created by Flemish geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569, ...

CNN Election History presents historical election results on maps that represent the 48 contiguous states, Alaska, and Hawaii. CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History ...

Drew Roos's Mercator Extreme shows how wonderful and how nuts its distortions can get. — Read the rest The post Mercator Extreme explores map projection's wildest distortions appeared first on ...

The Mercator projection, a cylindrical map introduced by Geradus Mercator in 1569, distorts the true size of countries on maps, making them appear different to reality. advertisement.

Mercator’s map was so useful to sailors that its popularity eventually caught on with landlubbers. Today, it’s still the most often used map projection in the world.

The Mercator projection with Tissot's indicatrix. Wikimedia Commons One of the best alternatives to the Mercator projection was presented in 1974 at a conference in Germany by Dr. Arno Peters, who ...

See Google Doodles Through the Years Aug. 26, 2015 For the 70th anniversary of La Tomatina. Google May 26, 2015 In celebration of the 64th birthday of Sally Ride, the first American woman in space ...

Whether you realize it or not, you're probably pretty familiar with the Mercator projection.It's the chosen map of Google, and often displayed in classrooms around the country.But Boston public ...

Canada also appears larger than it is because of the Mercator projection. Update 1/8/25, 4:41 p.m. ET: This story was updated with comment from Mark Monmonier.

The Mercator projection (Wikimedia) 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 ...

Given how popular the Mercator projection is, it's wise to question how it makes us view the world. Many have noted, for example, how the distortion around the poles makes Africa look smaller than ...