To get around this distortion, other map-makers have come up with different compromises. A projection named after the geographer Arthur Robinson curves the longitudes but keeps the latitudes straight ...

Greenland has become the unwitting focus of world attention as president Donald trump seeks to grab control of the huge ...

Spatial intelligence will use AI to bring context to places. But the infrastructure behind it is raising big questions.

When you look at a world map, do you ever wonder if the sizes of countries are really what they seem? If you’ve ever thought ...

At some point in his life, Donald Trump looked at a world map and saw something he wants – something that, as president of the US, he now says he will take “one way or the other.” It’s Greenland, an ...

Ukraine's situation in Kursk has deteriorated sharply in the last three days, open source maps show ... Andrew helps lead coverage of the world's largest country, whose political, economic ...

In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good job of showing countries' shapes and was excellent at showing ocean sailing courses, very important to ...

Many of the maps we use today are based on a solution created by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish geographer. In 1569 he drew a world map, what's become known as the Mercator projection. It did a good ...

Buy us!': Greenlanders shocked, intrigued, bewildered by Trump zeal for Arctic territory Many of the maps we use today are based on a solution created by Gerardus Mercator, a Flemish geographer. In ...

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump signed an executive order changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the ...