On the Mercator map, Africa – sitting on the equator ... In order to show the actual size of land masses, their shapes are distorted. Boston Public Schools are rolling out the new maps in ...

LAST month Kai Krause, a computer-graphics guru, caused a stir with a map entitled "The True Size of Africa", which showed the outlines of other countries crammed into the outline of the African ...

The most glaring example of this distortion is Greenland, which appears to be about the same size as Africa on the map, but in reality, the continent is nearly 14-and-a-half times larger.

Some critics argue that Mercator's map, and the continued use of his style, gives a misleading impression of the actual size of many countries, particularly Africa. DON'T MISS: In addition to ...

An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 ...

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

Visually humongous in size on a map due to its placement near the Poles, it is actually half the size of Africa. On the opposite end of the scale, Brazil is shown to be much smaller compared to ...

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa ... size of North America and also significantly larger than Russia, despite the opposite appearing true ...

If you want to take a look by yourself, and figure out just how wrong maps can really be due to culture bias and mathematical distortion, we recommend you visit “The True Size of…”.

The map shared online moderately exaggerated ... of The West Wing and an infographic by Kai Krause entitled "The True Size of Africa". We hope teachers will use it to show their students just ...