Perspective is everything, but these curious maps might give a whole new approach to the weird and wonderful world that we ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...

An incredible new map captures a stunning snapshot of the Roman Empire's vast transportation system as it was nearly 2,000 ...

The world map is a familiar sight on classroom walls and in atlases, but you might be surprised to learn that it’s not an accurate representation of the Earth. In fact, in terms of country and ...

Explore the world's 7 oldest and most historically significant maps, from the Ice Age Mammoth Tusk Map to the Byzantine ...

Google has updated Google Maps so that when users zoom out all the way they see a globe. The new update gives users the most accurate view of the Earth Google Maps has ever provided. Before the update ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

What's the first thing you do when you see a map of the world, asks British author Simon Garfield? "You find where you are on it," he says. And then you think about all the places you might go. Maps ...

Robert Muggah is a principal of SecDev Group and co-founder of the Igarape Institute. Ian Goldin is the Oxford University Professor of Globalisation and Development and the founding director of the ...

15:57, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 Updated: 15:57, Tue, Oct 8, 2024 Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to ...