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All maps are influenced by the intent and biases of their creator—even those that are striving to be as accurate as possible.
It is the time of year when our hemisphere turns its face from the sun and the Earth tilts us into short, cold days and long ...
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Is it Time to Redraw the Map of Africa?
For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish ...
Named after Gerardus Mercator, the Flemish geographer who designed this map in the 16th century, this projection shows meridians as parallel lines, which made the picture simple to display on ...
Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge Arctic territory. Euronews takes a look at the country’s potentially huge ...
Yet, in classrooms, newsrooms, publications, and boardrooms worldwide, the Mercator projection presents Africa as much smaller than it really is. Designed for 16th-century maritime navigation ...
Perhaps some wily diplomat will just show Trump a world map without the Mercator projection, or even a globe, and he will realise Greenland is not as big as he thinks it is. But even if nothing comes ...
Donald Trump wants the United States to buy Greenland for its strategically vital resources, to bolster US security and give China a bloody nose. But he also wants to strike his largest ever real ...
For centuries, the Mercator map – one of the most widely used world maps – has shrunk the African continent, distorting its scale and minimising its global significance. Africa covers 30,37-million ...
Nvidia Corporation's dip due to U.S. export restrictions opens a buying opportunity. Click here for my updated look at NVDA ...