Len Rosen·Sep 26Changing How We See Earth’s Map Becomes a Wakeup Call for Global North Countries — 21st Century…The maps above provide different 2-dimensional representations of Earth. The deep orange is an Eckert IV Earth-Equal projection. The one…
Dot·Sep 7Equal EarthHow UN’s resolution to move away from Mercator projection changes the way we see Earth.
Ilias Shittu-Gbeko·Apr 12Africa vs Russia: The 450-Year-Old Map Lie Going Viral on Social MediaPeace be unto you!A response icon1A response icon1
Richard Vahrman·Apr 1UXplanations 1 April 26🌍 Mercator Projection — The world, straightened for convenience
Rashmee Roshan Lall·May 30, 2025New maps for old to see the world as it really isThe other day I chanced upon a world map drawn by The Continent newspaper, a digital outlet that is produced by African reporters…
Abhi·Apr 24, 2022How to calculate number of tiles in a bounding box for OpenStreetMapsThis piece explains how to calculate the number of tiles within two latitude-longitude pairs on the map for different zoom levels.
Ykakdas·Oct 16, 2020Using Google Maps API Offline With Custom MapTile ProviderIf you want to use google maps api even if you do not have any network connection, it is not as hard as it sounds but there are really few…
Pav·Jul 15, 2020Is Greenland actually as big as Africa: the flaws of the Mercator projectionLet me tell you why the most common maps in the world tend to be extremely misleading.
Roshan Kumar·Jul 2, 2020The map you have been referring to all along is WRONG!Why do so many countries look different on the map than on the globe?
