Don't miss out on the headlines from Design. Followed categories will be added to My News. Schools across the city have this week introduced a new standard map — and it is sending them into a spin.

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Boston public schools have replaced the familiar world maps they use in classes with a new projection that more accurately represents the world's landmasses. For more than 400 years, the standard ...

Children in Boston’s public schools were introduced to a new world map last week, offering a comparison to the traditional Mercator projection map commonly used in classrooms. Boston’s public schools ...

The popular map projection, which is also used by Google, shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT’S been revealed that the world map we’ve used for centuries doesn’t actually ...

Visualize the world map. You’re probably imagining the Mercator projection, the standard used across American schools. Unfortunately, that map is wrong: It’s a variation of Gerardus Mercator’s design ...

As you explore the Study Abroad website, you may see the map above and wonder why it looks slightly different than maps you are used to seeing. This map is an example of the Gall-Peters Projection, ...

The Gall-Peters projection was created by James Gall and Arno Peters in 1855. Date of map: August 15, 2011 Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium ...

Around 600 classrooms in Boston are set to ditch the widely used but highly distorted traditional map of the world in favour of a more accurate depiction of the globe. Schools will use the Gall-Peters ...

Schools across the city have this week introduced a new standard map — and it is sending them into a spin. Authorities hope the introduction of the Gall-Peters projection, replacing the popular ...

THIS is the world map many of us grew up with. So spare a thought for thousands of kids who’ve literally had their world turned upside down. Schools across the city have this week introduced a new ...