When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. The Mercator map, created in 1569, is still largely used today but land masses closer to the ...

Posted: August 9, 2025 | Last updated: August 9, 2025 A viral website called Wplace lets anyone draw pixel art anywhere on a world map, turning Earth into a massive collaborative canvas with 4 ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their true proportions, ...