These incredible, meticulously-designed open-world games set themselves apart by being the most alive and immersive worlds to ...

Ecopia, founded in 2013, specializes in using artificial intelligence to extract features from high-resolution satellite imagery and build what it calls a “digital twin of the Earth.” Its machine ...

<br>In 150 AD, the Greek scholar Claudius Ptolemy wrote a textbook entitled the <i>Geography, </i>which earned him the title ‘The Father of Geography’. Drawing on nearly a thousand years of classical ...

Crisscrossed by rail-straight lines that correspond to constant compass bearings, the Mercator projection was ideal for navigation in the age of sail, at the expense of showing the actual size of ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The open-world genre evolved from RPGs, allowing seamless transitions between towns and dungeons. Indie games like Twilight Monk and Clair Obscur offer unique world map experiences. Games like Bravely ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...