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How big Greenland really is and why most maps get it wrong

Greenland appears larger than it really is. Keep reading on The WiC Project Lifestyle Blog & Miriam's Boutique: Home Goods, ...

How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a ...
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Distorted maps have misled you: Greenland isn't as big as you think.

For strategic and resource reasons, Greenland looms large in the imagination of President Donald Trump. But geographically, the island doesn't loom quite as large as you might think. Centuries of ...
Nature

The Theory of Map-Projections, with special reference to the Projections used in the Survey Department

THE subject of map projections is one in which the English language is strangely deficient, a deficiency the more apparent when contrasted with the wealth of Continental literature on the subject.
The Conversation

World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...