The Maps Museum
How humanity learned to flatten a sphere — from Babylonian clay tablets to real-time satellite imagery.
Projection Visualizer
The Collection
Click any artifact to copy its details. Filter by category to explore different cartographic traditions.
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A Brief History of Cartography
Scroll through the milestones that shaped how we map our world.
Distortion Dashboard
Mercator inflates landmasses near the poles. See how projected sizes compare to reality.
Playground
Convert coordinates, calculate great-circle distances, or explore map scales.
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