This map bowed out the equator in an attempt to replicate the topography of a sphere and avoid stretching out areas far from the equator. ... a Tokyo-based architect and artist, broke the globe up ...

The Geologic Atlas of the Lunar Globe doubles the resolution of Apollo-era maps and will support the space ambitions of China and other countries. The Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) has ...

The map you are likely familiar with is one based on the Mercator projection, published by cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569.It's a cylindrical map projection, in which you place the globe ...