A "radically different" flat map of the Earth has been produced by scientists who say it is more accurate than any previous 2D models that came before.

New data from a pioneering six-year survey expands a colossal 2D map of space. The largest two-dimensional map of the sky over Earth ever created just got even larger and is now covering almost ...

Ever since we discovered Earth was round, mapmakers have struggled to create a map that accurately shows our planet in 2D.

Buckle your seatbelt everyone – science is embracing flat Earth. Well, sort of. Creating a map of Earth is difficult, as the spherical shape (yes, it is round) means it is mathematically ...

Earth is a sphere, so how can it be accurately portrayed on a 2D map? Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator ...

Through a field called geometric topology, mathematicians like me study all possible spaces in all dimensions. Whether trying ...

Representing a 3D world on a 2D map is always going to end up with some issues and some compromises. No matter how accurate you try to make it, you will end up with stretched areas, squashed ...

Covering 40% of the world’s population, 400 cities and metro areas received new high-resolution 3D imagery in both Maps and Earth.

The scientists admit that “our double-sided flat map is actually more like the globe of the Earth than the other flat maps” because you can’t see both sides at once.

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ...

Earth is a sphere, so how can it be accurately portrayed on a 2D map? Simply flatten Earth into two pancakes, one depicting the Northern Hemisphere and the other the Southern, with the equator ...