The maps are taken from the new book The Atlas of the Real World , published by Thames and Hudson and produced by the researchers … These maps show the world through different eyes.

The REAL map of the world: New 'Equal Earth' projection is a more accurate representation of the continents. Researchers created new Equal Earth map that shows landmasses in truer size; ...

Last year he and designer Bill Snebold made a hugely popular interactive simulation map of births and deaths in the U.S. alone—the population of which is on pace to increase 44 percent by 2050 ...

Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In this eye-opening video, we reveal the truth about how big (or small) countries ...

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.

Mashable describes how Niantic encouraged players to scan PokéStops, capturing high-resolution, GPS-tagged images of ...

Real-world map data is helping make better games about farms and transportation. Titles like City Bus Manager and Global Farmer are benefiting from OpenStreetMap. by Jay Castello.