A local educational-resource company is vying to put Amherst on the map. ODT Maps, Inc., an Amherst-based developer and manufacturer of maps, globes and other geographic resources, unveiled an ...

Different Map Projections Have Different Priorities Since map projections come in various kinds and serve different purposes, there is no one best projection. All equal-area maps show land size in the ...

A plan by Togo to ask the United Nations General Assembly in September to move away from the Mercator world map has revived a ...

New Delhi: Member states of the African Union, on 15 August, signed a petition for the world to ‘reject’ the Mercator map projection and accept a more equitable projection that “more accurately ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...