Various other flat maps have been drawn over the centuries, but they all have the same issue: It is impossible to portray the 3D Earth on a 2D map without compromise.

A 1993 compendium of nearly 200 map projections dating back 2,000 years did not include any, nor did they find any similar patents. “Our map is actually more like the globe than other flat maps,” Gott ...

Astrophysicists have re-imaged our planet as a map that 'you can hold in your hand.' A team from Princeton University shared a new world map that is less distorted due it being two-sided and round ...

The Mercator projection, which is the most well-known map across the world, has a score of 8.396. Compared to the new map, which has a score of just 0.881, it is clear the new design is far less ...

A "radically different" flat map of the Earth has been produced by scientists who say it is more accurate than any previous 2D models that came before.

The pancake map also has smaller distance errors than any other 2D flat map. For instance, its configuration means distances can't be more or less than 22.2% of what they are in reality, Gott said.

Turing the world map into flat world map table. For this project, I utilized my laser engraver to cut out an intricate world map, which serves as the centrepiece for this stunning coffee table ...

I have always loved geometrical things. As a kid I was fascinated by map projections. When I was 14, I made a painted globe of Mars based on a flat Mercator Mars map by the astronomer E. M. Antoniadi.

A map depicting a flat Earth surrounded by rings of ice walls from an online art forum is being taken by some social media users as evidence the planet is flat.

Every map of the world that you have ever seen is inaccurate. Well, of course, you might think. How could they map out the world when it’s round, not flat? True. But that isn’t the point.