How distorting are map projections? Here’s what four commonly used systems of projection do to a human head. From the 1921 publication Elements in Map Projection comes this striking demonstration of ...

But the size, shape, and distance of all the continents and oceans on a rectangular world map are actually distorted by design. These distortions affect the way we view geography, culture, and the ...

MR. STEERS's useful little book on map projections, the third edition of which has recently been issued, is written for those students of geography who have only the most elementary knowledge of ...