The Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of schoolchildren thought Greenland was as large as Africa. Though out of fashion ...

Why is Greenland so distorted on a flat map? The problem is creating flat maps to depict a round planet – something's got to give. In the case of the most common map projections used today, what ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

To simplify his map, the cartographer drew Greenland as ... the Flemish geographer who designed this map in the 16th century, this projection shows ... Yet another projection type is polar or ...

The Mercator projection—which has been the standard map projection since the 18th century— is the name for the phenomenon in ... On Mercator projections Greenland occupies as much area as the ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants--something that, as president of the U.S., he now says he will take "one way or the other." It's Greenland ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

To simplify his map, the cartographer drew Greenland as immense, when it’s smaller than Algeria. Editorial cartoons for Tuesday, April 1, April Fools’ Day A sketchy look at the news of the day.… ...