Projection Imperfection
The Mercator Map projection is widely used for navigation because it preserves angles and direction, with evenly spaced lines of… Read More
Fact-a-day archive
Phantom Isle
Sandy Island was first recorded on a map by a whaling ship called “Velocity” in 1876 off the coast of… Read More
Sheep View
Frustrated by delays from Google, Faroe Island residents equipped sheep with 360-degree cameras, uploading the images to Google Street View… Read More
Trail Blazers
The Olympic Torch Relay, a tradition starting in Germany in 1936, involves lighting the torch in Olympia, Greece, months before… Read More
Champions’ Château
The Olympic Village in Paris, costing €2bn (R40bn), is the single most expensive Olympic project for this year’s games and… Read More
Roids Olympics
In a challenge to traditional sports ethics, performance enhancing drugs will be openly permitted and encouraged at the ‘Enhanced Games’,… Read More