The Mercator map that is now most familiar distorts the size of Africa, Latin America, South Asia and Oceania and inflates ...

In a media landscape overrun with slick data visualizations, students must develop the skills to scrutinize what’s presented ...

On Monday, September 7, U.S. President Donald Trump published a fictional "map" on his Truth Social platform that depicted ...

Ukraine was one of six countries which abstained from the vote at the UNGA, along with Estonia, Georgia, Moldova, Serbia and ...

If you ever looked at a plane's flight path over the Pacific Ocean, you might think it is odd, but it has nothing to do with a plane's safety.

As soon as I heard that the United Nations would be voting on a new map of the world, one that better reflected Africa's true size, I knew the U.S. would vote against it. Lo and b ...

The Mercator projection, developed by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in the 16th century, was created primarily for navigation. While it preserves the shape and direction of landmasses, it ...

The lone dissent came from Washington on a UN resolution over a map long criticized for making Africa look smaller than it is ...

The U.S. was the only country to not support a United Nations resolution adjusting the appearance of Africa and other regions ...

Every flat map sacrifices some geographical properties. Equal Earth preserves relative land area, while Mercator's ...