This 1912 map uses the Mercator projection ... are surprised to hear the pilot say they’ll be flying over the North Pole. When looking at a globe instead of a flat map, it makes sense.

If you said the North Pole, you probably wouldn’t be alone ... “no one knows what they are doing and where they are going”. Mercator’s world map, from 1569, was a defining moment ...

Add a circle on the North Pole (balloon top ... to the Mercator projection frequently used to create world maps. Find a Mercator projection world map and compare the size of North America and ...

I usually work on general relativity and cosmology. I have always loved geometrical things. As a kid I was fascinated by map projections. When I was 14, I made a painted globe of Mars based on a ...

Mercator projection maps, which many people think of when they hear the word 'map,' have the characteristic that the closer they get to the North Pole or South Pole, the larger they appear than ...

Maps are flat representations ... For instance, the Mercator projection preserves the shape of countries while distorting the size, especially near the north and south pole. For a more accurate ...

A new map obtained with SMART-1 data shows the geography and illumination of the lunar north pole. Such maps will be of great use for future lunar explorers. The lunar poles are very interesting ...