Global maps that depict gradations of psychological traits often conceal as much as they reveal. Here’s a guide for savvy map ...

Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese, included wind heads—illustrations of human faces with puffed cheeks to indicate wind directions. Initially ...

This interactive history map lets you dive into the past ... It’s like a digital atlas of world history. Using a timeline slider, you can zoom back to any year between 4000 BCE and 2010.

Because previous world maps depicted only Europe, Asia, and Africa, this discovery warranted a new map. In 1507, German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller published one that included—and named ...

It also cemented the modern idea, upheld by most maps across the English-speaking world, that there are seven major landmasses. Today, schoolchildren, explorers and politicians generally accept ...

“Because information about the world’s ecosystems is very fragmented ... with specific agencies who are custodians of ecosystem maps. That’s why we also work with governments because ...

Maps will now respond to conversational requests ... disruptions and a more immersive view of 150 cities around the world. And next month, Google will start adding more detailed lane information ...

Forests cover some 3.9 billion hectares (or 9.6 billion acres) which is approximately 30% of the world's land surface. FAO estimates that around 13 million hectares of forests were converted to ...