Maps are meant to guide and explain, but not all do it in the same way. The following maps are "fake" because they represent, either intentionally or not, a fictive reality. Even so, they tell us ...

Ever wonder where secret runways might be hiding? This airport is off the grid and not even on Google Maps! Explore the ...

Did you know that the world looks different depending on where you are? Maps, as commonly seen in textbooks and online, are ...

The rendering of America and Africa in Martin Waldseemuller's 1507 world map (Wikimedia Commons) In June 2012, Brian McClendon, an executive at Google, announced that Google Maps and Google Earth ...

How Maps Are Saving the World. Maps. They’ve been around longer than photographs. They’ve defined empires,guided explorers, told stories, and captured the imagination of many a hopeful ...

The latest edition of the World Heritage Map is now available to order! This new design, poster-sized wall map features all 1 ...

Data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite will be added to the atlas in December. Over the previous seven years, data from the World Fire Atlas show a substantial number of fires detected in ...

See, the world maps we’ve been using for centuries don’t show the most accurate appearance of the landmasses, either. But the Equal Earth World Map is changing that.

Explore the Sunderland Collection’s stunning maps and atlases, spanning European mapmakers from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment. Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas ...

The Mercator Projection, Ptolemy’s ‘Geographia’, the Fra Mauro Map, and even Google Maps have all shaped how we experience the world around us.

Science | January 10, 2024. These Entrancing Maps Capture Where the World’s Rivers Go. Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into ...

He Memorized the World With Google Maps. Now He’s Exploring It. Few people are better than Trevor Rainbolt at identifying obscure locations online — but there’s even more joy in watching him ...