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 the area of certain oceans or landmasses — for ... The Winkel Tripel projection world map was first designed in 1921.

“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 the area of certain oceans or landmasses — for ... The Winkel Tripel projection world map was first designed in 1921.

Here's why flat world maps always have distortions. Skip to main content. Open menu Close menu. Live Science. ... Why isn’t an atom’s nucleus round? 35 optical illusions; ...

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 ...

Like all planets, Earth isn't flat. But globes are bulky and cumbersome, so we still squeeze our 3-D orb onto 2-D maps. And thanks to a clever architect in Tokyo, we have a map that could change ...