Slide 1 of 4, A Mercator map projection. It is 2D. Some of the continents are smaller or bigger than on a globe., Mercator map projection The Mercator map projection is used widely for navigation ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organisations of the 16th-century ...

Scientists in Zurich have created the world's smallest 3D map - of the world. IBM's perfectly formed 'nano-world', has now been accepted by the Guinness World Record organisation.