Humans have been making maps for as long as they’ve been exploring the Earth. Some of their cartographic maps went on to ...

Whether you realize it or not, you're probably pretty familiar with the Mercator projection. It's the chosen map of Google, and often displayed in classrooms around the country. But Boston public ...

Yet the projection stayed in the mainstream even after the need for such an analog way of navigation became outdated. Putting aside Mercator’s infamous contribution to the world of maps and ...