News

Did you know that the world looks different depending on where you are? Maps, as commonly seen in textbooks and online, are ...
The map uses a Natural Earth projection, and its center runs through 11 degrees east of Greenwich Meridian, just past Oslo, Norway, in part to give New Zealand and Fiji a more harmonious placement.
With some 80 percent market share in mobile maps and over a billion users, Google Maps has an outsize impact on people’s perception of the world – from driving directions to restaurant reviews ...
Borders define nations, but some of them have stood the test of time for centuries, even millennia. In this video, we take a fascinating journey across the world to explore the oldest existing borders ...
If we could all just get along, this map wouldn't look half as good. By David Grossman Published: Dec 28, 2016 3:52 PM EST The world is a lot less stable than the clean, unchanging lines on a ...
Borders globally serve as the demarcation lines that define the territories of countries, signifying sovereignty and control. In essence, an open border is one where people can come and go without ...
Yet they are an invention just like the maps I used to draw. Our borders don't exist as immutable facets of the landscape, they are not natural parts of our planet, and were invented relatively ...
Russia is the world's largest country, encompassing about one-tenth of the total land on Earth. This map shows the 14 countries that border it.
The question of where Ukraine’s borders with Russia should be drawn in any peace negotiations came into sharp focus this week after Pete Hegseth, the U.S. defense secretary, said that it was ...
A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.
Now 15 years old, Google Maps has become one of the most-used and recognizable products for the search engine giant. Maps are a big business for Google, in line to generate as much as $3.6 billion ...