A whole new world! Astrophysicists create the 'most accurate flat map ever' that is two-sided and round, letting users simply flip it over to see the entire globe ...

Unlike other flat maps, the new circular map doesn't downsize or supersize ... Take, for example, the world map most people are familiar with — the Mercator projection, a staple found in many ...

“Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott said. “To see all of the globe, you have to rotate it; to see all of our new map, you simply have to flip it over.” " Flat maps ...

Unlike other flat maps, the new circular map doesn't downsize or supersize ... Take, for example, the world map most people are familiar with — the Mercator projection, a staple found in many ...

Here’s how it works. Walk into any school classroom and you will likely see a flat, rectangular map of the world sprawled across the wall. Generations of children have grown up learning that ...

It's a problem that has plagued cartographers for centuries: How do you accurately represent a round world on a flat map? The most common world map used today, designed almost 450 years ago, is ...

Created by Hajime Narukawa, the AuthaGraph World Map was announced as ... they're actually arranged on our round planet, yet it's laid out on a 2-D surface. Flat maps must distort some properties ...

Earth's greatest minds have known our world is round since at least ... Find out below if you live in a 'Flat State' or a 'Round State.' The map was created using data from Google Keyword ...