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

Common projections shrink the size of Africa, but experts have long debated whether creating a precise map is possible.

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 ...

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 ...

and with analytical maps, the diversity and uniqueness of the world's historic cities and settlements. As such, it serves as a repository of city-building practices and new developments over time, as ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory. Our brains build maps of the environment ...

Brazil has launched a new world map that places the South American nation ... the map is part of the country’s updated Geographical Atlas, emphasizing Brazil's prominence in global affairs.

Also longstanding practice: When official names vary between countries, Maps users see their official local name. Everyone in the rest of the world sees both names. That applies here too.