Introduction Cartography, the art and science of map-making, has evolved dramatically since its inception in ancient times. Among the myriad of contributions that have shaped…
Deep beneath our feet, is there another world waiting to be discovered? The captivating concept of a Hollow Earth suggests our planet isn’t a solid…
Different ways to “cut” or “center” a world map, essentially choosing where the map’s centered meridian sits. Changing that cut line completely changes how continents…
Navigating the Labyrinth: A Deep Dive into the London Underground Map The London Underground, affectionately known as the “Tube,” is more than just a public…
Cartography is the art and science of portraying a three-dimensional planet on two-dimensional surfaces, maps. Many projections have been developed to solve the challenges of…
Flat Earth Maps History: Cartographic Belief Beyond the Globe While mainstream cartography has long embraced a spherical Earth, there exists a fascinating and persistent countertradition:…
Goode’s 1908 speech at the American Association of Geographers on the Evil Mercator In 1908, J. Paul Goode delivered a pivotal speech at the American…
Goode’s Homolosine Projection is a composite, equal-area map projection that minimizes distortions for global maps. The projection is named after John Paul Goode, an American…
One of the key challenges in cartography is representing the three-dimensional surface of the Earth on a two-dimensional plane. Since the Earth is spherical (or…
Ptolemy’s 1st projection, attributed to the Greco-Roman geographer Claudius Ptolemy, is a simple cylindrical map projection with straight, equally spaced meridians and non-equally spaced parallels.…