Imagine building 3D maps of the world in parallel with other users. Imagine being able to track not just the top down location of a device, but also its full 3D position and orientation.

The map showing the two hemispheres of the world in the Hunterian collection was designed for the Second Qing Emperor of China, Kangxi (1662-1722) by the Jesuit Father Ferdinand Verbiest (1623-88 ...

Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET Thursday. Students throughout Boston are getting a radically different view of the world, one laminated 24-by-36-inch sheet of paper at a time.

A 1602 world map created by the Italian-born Jesuit priest Matteo Ricci, which places China at its center, is on display at the Library of Congress.

To better understand which of these variances were useful, we audited the map styles, colors, and iconography of maps all over the world with the help of local users.