Heavy rain warnings have been issued for the top of the South Island for Thursday. The warnings come as the region recovers ...

The Austin Independent School District’s Board of Trustees approved plans for how it hopes to turn around three middle ...

In Greater Manchester, Reform are projected to win 13 seats including all constituencies in the boroughs of Wigan and Bolton.

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Have you ever looked at a world map and wondered why some countries seem much larger than others, even though that doesn't match the real world? Well, that’s because the map you're used to is likely ...

In the aftermath of Operation Sindoor, Pakistan’s military establishment clung to a carefully curated narrative of deterrence ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

The map, observers pointed out, was only distorted differently: Where the Mercator projection makes areas near the poles appear much larger, the Peters projection relatively represents accurate ...

Odd cartographic creations like ‘Fool’s Cap Map of the World,’ ‘Leo Belgicus,’ and ‘The Porcineograph’ make the classic Mercator Projection look outright dull.

The problem is creating flat maps to depict a round planet – something's got to give. In the case of the most common map projections used today, what gives is the size of places near the poles.

Both projections are seen as flawed and have fallen into disuse as more accurate maps have been developed. In classrooms now, you’re more likely to see the Robinson Projection or the Winkel ...