CNN uses a Web Mercator map projection in the Election History application. A map projection is a way of flattening the Earth’s surface in order to present it on a two-dimensional surface like ...

The Mercator projection of the world map is suited for marine navigation and once so commonplace that generations of schoolchildren thought Greenland was as large as Africa. Though out of fashion ...

India, several European nations, and more — you could put in there: The video description does note that not all is bad about the Mercator projection: “it’s actually a really useful map for ...

The 28-year-old is leading an African-led campaign to get more of global institutions and schools to immediately stop using the Mercator Map projection ... and India into Africa, and he ...

In other words different projections favour different points of accuracy. Pioneer map maker Gerardus (Gerhardus) Mercator (1512-1594). He said the Mercator’s major advantage was its use of a ...

We begin with the projection you are likely to be most familiar with. The Mercator projection is everywhere. If you went to public school any time before 1991, this is the map projection that told ...

To celebrate his 503rd birthday, Flemish mathematician and cartographer Gerardus Mercator, who in 1569 discovered how to create a flat map that ... projection,” was a major breakthrough for ...

Because the Earth is roughly spherical, every flat map distorts our planet one way or another. The most popular version is the Mercator projection ... A few major misconceptions based on this ...

Ogundairo’s obsession with map projections is not random. The 28-year-old is leading an African-led campaign to get more of global institutions and schools to immediately stop using the Mercator Map .