The African Union endorses 'Correct the Map' campaign to replace Mercator projection with Equal Earth for geographical ...

Private companies can track many changes on Earth from space, but both public and commercial satellite missions are needed to ...

The African Union is pushing to end Mercator’s distortions and replace it with projections that reflect the continent’s real ...

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But ...

Turns out the map on your classroom wall has been lying harder than a freshman explaining why his essay smells like tequila.

If you’d look at the Google Earth map, everything you see brown is dryland wheat and everything you see that’s green is irrigation. I grow primarily fresh market potatoes. The corn’s our ...

Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.

Follow the American Revolution through a modern lens as Google Earth brings historic battlefields, colonial cities, and key ...

The Mercator projection, a centuries-old map style from the age of sail, still prevails in the internet age. Here’s what the ...

With just a few smart tips, Google Maps can become your personal trip planner that makes every journey memorable.

Google Maps wants to capture that Waze-like fun, and it's doing so by borrowing one of the latter's signature features. For reference, Google's flagship navigation app gained custom vehicle icons ...