American World Map Vs Accurate World Map. Greenlands projection is no longer the size of Africa. Narukawas AuthaGraph World Map which he unveiled in 2016 won the coveted Grand Award of Japans Good Design Award competition beating out over 1000 entries in a variety of categoriesHis map overcame 2D distortions by angling continents in a way that accurately displays both their relative sizes and the distances between them.
All of us have seen a world map at some point in our lives before but it is very difficult to imagine how certain countries and parts of the world compare t. Also scroll down the page to see the list of countries of the world and their capitals along with the largest cities. The paper was reprinted in Science and Sanity 1933 pp.
The image youre picturing will most likely resemble the Mercator projectiona 2D representation of the globe created in the 1500s which most maps you commonly.
Use this interactive map to help you discover more about each country and territory all around the globe. The world maps were all used to operate off of the Mercator projection a cartographic technique developed by Flemish geographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. This is also the map that formulates our basic ideas of what our planet looks like. The map was an attempt at a compromise between distorting the areas of continents and the angles of coordinate line.
