The Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of ...

The president-elect said he covets Greenland for its size. He could be misinterpreting it based on well-known mapping distortion.

The Mercator Map Projection was developed by a Flemish cartographer named Gerardus Mercator in 1569 and it is one of the most well-known map projections. It was originally designed for navigation ...

Learning can be fun; but if you don’t want to take my word for it, I will let today’s list do the talking. Today, we’re ...

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 ...

I’m ok! A map projection is an attempt by cartographers (map makers) to show all or part of the Earth’s curved surface on a flat surface. The Mercator map projection is used widely for ...

I’m ok! A map projection is an attempt by cartographers (map makers) to show all or part of the Earth’s curved surface on a flat surface. The Mercator map projection is used widely for ...