Earth as you’ve never seen it before - Science News Explores
Apr 19, 2021 · To make a flat map from a round globe, you have to cut the image somewhere. This means the map stops at the edge of the paper, then takes up again on the far edge of the paper. Known as a boundary problem, it creates the impression of big spaces between places that are actually closer together.
The Most Accurate Flat Map of Earth Yet | Scientific American
Feb 17, 2021 · Depicting the curved surface of the Earth on a flat map has been the cartographers’ problem for centuries. No flat map of the Earth can be perfect. But flat maps are easy to store and...
Finally, an Accurate World Map That Doesn't Lie
Nov 29, 2022 · We may finally have a faithful flat map, however. The 2016 winner of Japan’s prestigious Good Design, designers figured out how to translate our spherical world into a rectangular box. Hajime Narukawa, a Tokyo-based architect and artist, broke the globe up into 96 regions and folded it into a tetrahedron and then a pyramid before finally ...
Astrophysicists create the most accurate 'flat map' of Earth ever
Feb 22, 2021 · Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator running around the edge, a new study finds. These two "pancakes"...
Princeton astrophysicists re-imagine world map, designing a less ...
Feb 15, 2021 · How do you flatten a sphere? For centuries, mapmakers have agonized over how to accurately display our round planet on anything other than a globe.
Lesson: From Round to Flat: Map Projections | Bending Lines - Leventhal Map
The process of showing a round globe on a flat surface is called a projection. Think about this: Have you ever tried to flatten out an orange peel? What happens when you try to make the pieces line up perfectly to make them flat? You will have to …
Cartography: Flattening Earth - Scientific American
Apr 30, 2015 · But Earth itself is round, so how do you create an accurate flat map? Throughout history cartographers around the world have found different methods for creating flat maps of Earth. None...
Expert cartographers release most accurate flat map of Earth …
Mar 3, 2021 · Printable versions of Gott, Goldberg and Vanderbei’s new circular map can be accessed in their new study “Flat Maps that improve on the Winkel Tripel.” All you’ll need are a pair of scissors and a glue stick.
Astrophysicists design ‘radically different’ world map
Feb 25, 2021 · You know the old problem of how to portray the round globe of Earth on a flat map? Now a trio of map experts has worked together to solve this problem. Their new map is 2-sided and round.
Physicist David Goldberg Helps Create the Most Accurate Map of …
Mar 23, 2021 · Drexel University College of Arts and Sciences Professor of Physics David Goldberg, PhD, is part of a team that has created the most accurate flat map of the world: a double-sided circle that features the Northern Hemisphere on one side and the Southern Hemisphere on the other.