That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America and Eurasia while under-representing the size of much of South America and ...

An analysis of four prominent maps, including the one Google, Apple, and Bing use--but shouldn't.

Mapmaking has evolved from the early cartographers measuring horizons to Google Maps telling us every turn. Here are some maps that show how far we've come.

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

As technologies have evolved over millennia, so have the ways in which we’ve mapped the world.

The maps document and celebrate significant points in the history of the Low Countries, made up of modern day France, northern Belgium and part of the Netherlands, and the whole collection of maps ...

Image Represents One of the First-Ever Maps of the World Anaximander's map was said to have been made between 2,500 and 2,600 years ago.

Data Points is a new series where we explore the world of data visualization, information graphics, and cartography. Maps. They’ve been around longer than photographs. They’ve defined empires ...

Analysis - The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global ...