All maps are wrong. I cut open a globe to show why.

World Map Projections

Map Projection Overview, Scale & Types

Poster World map in Gall-Peters projection, 17th century style maps, + sea monsters and symbols, warm-light color scheme

Recall that the Gall-Peters map is obtained from the Lambert ma... | Filo

The Cultural Center Of Islamic Republic Of Iran Karachi on Instagram: "📜 The Story of the Mercator Map 🔹 The Mercator Projection was created in 1569 by Gerardus Mercator, a geographer and mapmaker from Flanders (today’s Belgium). His main goal was to help sailors find and follow straight routes (called loxodromes) across the oceans. Because of this, his map became a huge innovation during the Age of Exploration. ⚖️ The Main Problem To show the round Earth on a flat map, Mercator stretched the

Colibrikraftmaps on Instagram: "A wallpaper changed my life, and why I created this scratch-off world map. Years ago, I discovered a world map by Lilian Thuram's foundation with Africa at the center and South on top. I made it my computer wallpaper. Every single day, I looked at it. Something shifted. I saw my heritage, 🇨🇲 Cameroon in Africa, 🏝️Guadeloupe in the Caribbean, at their true size. Not minimized. Not distorted. Not pushed to the margins. Centered. Visible. Mattering. For the first