A new kind of world map (above) has been developed that shows ... greatly distorts the relative areas of land masses. It makes Africa look tiny, and Greenland and Russia appear huge.

AN INTERACTIVE map can show you where your town was on Earth 750 million years ago. Due to Earth's tectonic plates moving over its 4.5-billion-year history, your hometown has probably done more ...

It’s a change that allows the map to more accurately display the Earth. The search company highlighted ... “Greenland’s projection is no longer the size of Africa.” The change is only ...