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 ...
The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the ...
Researchers have unveiled a new map of the world that shows a truer representation of the continents’ sizes. Cartographers throughout the centuries have come up with all sorts of ways to project Earth ...
The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT’S been revealed that the world map we’ve used for centuries doesn’t actually ...
African advocacy groups launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map with the Equal Earth projection. The African Union endorsed the effort, saying the distorted map minimizes Africa’s global ...
When Abimbola Ogundairo saw a pretty wooden map she thought would be great decor for her walls, she did something most regular buyers wouldn’t think of: She messaged the manufacturers with a simple, ...
The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...
Cartographers have unveiled a new map of the world which shows the size of the continents more accurately. The new projection is called Equal Earth and is designed to represent the relative sizes of ...