The vast majority of open-world games feature a single seamless environment that players can explore at their own pace. More ...

For generations, students, leaders, and media audiences around the globe have gazed at maps that lie—maps that diminish Africa’s size and, along with it, its place in the world. But a new ...

This attempt at creating a faithful world map took a similar tack to the Sinusoidal by pulling out the edges of the map to mimic a sphere. The Robinson isn’t as extreme, however, taking the form of a ...

A research team from the Aerospace Information Research Institute (AIR) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released ...

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

Daily statistics in Africa There have been at least 12,423,000 reported infections and 256,000 reported deaths caused by the novel coronavirus in Africa so far. New infections reported by region ...

Counter-maps challenge dominant mapping that has historically influenced how the world sees the world. They are also called bottom-up maps or resistance maps. The Nakba map is an example.

An incredible map shows the “true” size of Africa with China, India and America all fitting inside. Article continues below ADVERTISEMENT The continent is 30.37 million km² and covers 20 ...

But on most maps, Greenland looks almost as big as the entire continent of Africa. In fact, it's 14 times smaller than Africa, something that is apparent when you look at its actual size to scale ...

It often appears un-labelled on world maps. Moreover, GDP, global population, C02 production per capita and net migration are all incalculable because of its highly complex, ongoing conflict.

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

When enlarged into a world map, though, Mercator becomes problematic, Braun said. The map’s mistakes were not likely to be a conspiracy against Africa or the Global South, but its continued use ...