Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

These maps show two different approaches to depicting Greenland. The left map is an orthographic projection, emulating a globe. The right map is a Mercator projection, which exaggerates the sizes of ...

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory much larger than it is. President Trump is again floating the idea of annexing ...