The authors of this paper claim their results are the most accurate 2D map to date, publishing their creation in a preprint (not yet peer-reviewed) on arXiv. The two-sided map.

A world map thought to be the most accurate 2D projection ever made has taken the top prize at the Japan Institute of Design Promotion's Good Design Awards.

THIS revolutionary world map may look unfamiliar - but it has been hailed the most accurate 2D depiction of our globe ever made. The clever 'origami'-style technique solves a centuries-old problem ...

OUR map of the world hasn’t changed much in centuries. It seems to be set in stone. The thing is, it’s not accurate. When this world map was charted in the 1600s according to the Mercator’s ...

Using these criteria, they measured and scored numerous maps. The lower the score means the more accurate the map, so a globe would score 0.0. At the time, they discovered the Winkel Tripel projection ...

STUDENTS have been left baffled after a school board rolled out a brand new world map for geography classes. School chiefs in Boston, Massachusetts, scrapped the traditional Mercator illustration t… ...

And when that world map is flipped upside down or shifted to the left or right, every. Admit it. We all have our favourite world maps, ... The Most Accurate 2D Map of Earth Ever Made? Clare Watson ...

Visualize the world map. ... The Mercator map opts for accurate shapes over accurate sizes, ... something must be sacrificed in a 2D representation of a 3D globe.

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ...