Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...

Greenland’s position in the northern latitudes means the nation’s size and shape is prone to enormous variations in how it is ...

Is Greenland really as big as it seems? Find out more about its true size with five maps that might change your ...