This map drew a low score of 4.563, but it still had a "boundary cut" problem, because it split the Pacific Ocean in two, with one part on the right and the other on the left side of the map.

The Mercator map has a boundary cut error: one makes a cut of 180 degrees along the meridian of the international date line from pole to pole and unrolls the Earth’s surface, thus putting Hawaii ...

According to their score system, it is the most flat map of Earth. “Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott added. “To see all of the globe, you have to rotate it ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D. Most notably, Africa always ends up appearing far smaller than it ...