The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own.

When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s projection, the idea was that ships could use the lines of longitude and latitude as a from of navigation.

World maps are showing country sizes to be geographically inaccurate depending on their placement near the Poles due to the type of projection they use. By Lotti O'Brien 15:57, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 ...

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 ...

Think ‘world map’ and your mind probably jumps to the elliptical Winkel tripel projection, often seen in textbooks and incorporated in world news logos.. It’s pretty ubiquitous, but is just ...

World map with accurate sizes: Gall-Peters projection throws schools into a spin. THIS is the world map many of us grew up with. So spare a thought for thousands of kids who’ve literally had ...

A mosaic of world countries retaining their correct size and shape. Neil Kaye. The Mercator projection was first introduced by the Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.

A Gall-Peters projection map of the world, which gives a much better picture of what the world as a whole actually looks like (Strebe) Your support helps us to tell the story. Read more.

The world map you are probably familiar with is called the Mercator projection (below), which was developed all the way back in 1569 and greatly distorts the relative areas of land … ...