One of the best known and commonly used world maps, the Mercator Projection, depicts Greenland and Africa as being roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is 14 times larger. This clever animation ...

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The African Union has officially called on international organizations to adopt a mapping projection that more accurately reflects the true size of the African continent. One of the most commonly used ...

The Sydney Opera House is as iconic a building there is in this world so it’s always stunning to see it come alive as a canvas for artists to display their animation on. 20 different animation studios ...

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 ...

LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the African Union wants to use instead ...

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...