How large is Greenland, really? Your map may be deceiving you

Talk of annexation has Greenland in the news again. But due to quirks of cartography, some common maps show the territory ...
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How Did We Map the World Before Satellites?

In 1375, a Spanish mapmaker made a world map we now refer to as the Catalan Atlas. For its time, the atlas was remarkably ...
Fast Company

All World Maps Lie. So Which One Should We Use?

World map with the British Empire highlighted in red, Mercator projection. Author: Colomb, J.C.R. Publisher: MacClure & Co. Date: 1886. Location: Great Britain. BY Ruben Pater In November 2014, the ...

Browse a 3D map of the world’s 2.75 billion buildings

However, the open-source project isn’t about bragging rights. With over 2.75 billion buildings detailed in the map, the ...
Time

A History of the World in Twelve Maps

<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 ...
Snopes.com

Image Represents One of the First-Ever Maps of the World

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...