Projections, oh my!

Projections are my least favorite thing about geography. It just seems there are ENDLESS possibilities, and none are the perfect solution. I don't like the run around. None the less I hit the internet to find an exciting map projection. In my wandering I found a cool blog called the Map Room. I found an article that was in the magazine Mental_Floss, called "3 Controversial Maps." I thought this one was interesting for my projection post because it illustrates the main problems that occur with translating a sphere to a flat surface.




Check out the article here for the other 2 'controversial' maps included in the article along with a full explanation of this one.