THE subject of map projections is one in which the English language is strangely deficient, a deficiency the more apparent when contrasted with the wealth of Continental literature on the subject.

It's certainly not a small island: It's about three times the size of Texas. But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big ...

A map projection is an attempt by cartographers ... at the top of the map appears much bigger and the continent of Africa appears much smaller. A globe always offers a more accurate model of ...

According to The Economist, Africa is actually 14 times larger than Greenland but if you look at a Mercator projection map, you would think the opposite. In addition to the map’s size problem ...