The WiC Project on MSN

How big Greenland really is and why most maps get it wrong

Greenland appears larger than it really is. Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's Boutique: Home Goods, ...
The Brighterside of News on MSN

Global maps can distort the way people view the world

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

Greenland’s true size, according to five maps

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

Projection Smackdown: Cahill's Butterfly vs. the Dymaxion Map

Image Credit: Gene Keyes Winner of the Buckminster Fuller Institute's 2013 map contest, by Nicole Santucci and Woodcut Maps. (Buckminster Fuller Institute) Finalist in the Buckminster Fuller Institute ...
Gizmodo

This is how map projections warp your understanding of geography

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 ...
Nature

An Introduction to the Study of Map Projections

MR. STEERS's useful little book on map projections, the third edition of which has recently been issued, is written for those students of geography who have only the most elementary knowledge of ...