David Harvey states that “from an ethnocentric perspective ... Both terms, projection – as transference – and distortion – as equivocation – reaffirm that the map needs to be interpreted ...

A world map, for instance, relies on some form of projection that transfers — with inevitable distortion — the unbounded surface of the globe to the bounded page. Mark Newman has taken this ...

Given how popular the Mercator projection is ... an interactive graphic that really puts the distortion caused by the Mercator map into perspective. The tool, dubbed "The True Size" allows ...

A Google research team has been working on eliminating the face-stretching distortion you get from wide angle lenses, without the ugly bending of perspective lines you get by applying regular ...

A new way to unpeel and flatten out the Earth’s skin without distorting it – dubbed myriahedral projection – provides a new perspective ... a way that minimises distortion, and keeps the ...