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Astrophysicists have re-imaged our planet as a map that 'you can hold in your hand.' A team from Princeton University shared a new world map that is less distorted due it being two-sided and round, ...

It has long been known that many of the most popular maps of the globe are wrong. However, a new graphicshows exactly how wrong the commonly used Mercator map is. It reveals the huge imbalances in ...

Maps shape our understanding of the world – and in an increasingly interconnected and global economy, this geographic knowledge is more important than ever. The funny thing is, almost everyone ...

Doha: The Louvre Museum in Paris has launched an official investigation into the distortion of the Gulf map at its Abu Dhabi franchise, Qatar's National Human Rights Committee (NHRC) said. A map ...

You’re going to need some double-sided tape. By Joshua Sokol Most of the world maps you’ve seen in your life are past their prime. The Mercator was devised by a Flemish cartographer in 1569. The ...

The Louvre Museum in Paris has apologised for the omission of Qatar in a map exhibited by the Abu Dhabi Louvre Museum and opened an investigation into the geographical distortion that had led to ...