People have long been intrigued by figuring out the center of the places where we live. You’re probably familiar with the concept of center of population. Imagine placing an equal weight at the ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. While 3D globes are the most accurate way of representing the layout of the Earth’s surface, it’s much more ...

A globe on a two-dimensional screen seems pretty dull compared to map projections that look like armadillos, butterflies, or deconstructed polygons. The azimuthal orthographic (as it's formally known) ...