Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. World maps distort size and shape by design. Learn why projections matter and how they shape global understanding. (CREDIT: ...

Google has been on a roll with new features for its Maps service this week, from matching users to restaurants that they might like to adding battery percentage to location sharing. Rather than settle ...

A "radically different" flat map of the Earth has been produced by scientists who say it is more accurate than any previous 2D models that came before. The two-sided map is made up of two circles ...

How do you represent the world globe on a flat surface? Can it be done without distorting the sizes of countries and continents and the distances between places? What would it take to make an accurate ...

Although not much has changed with Google Maps mobile services, the desktop app just got redesigned from the ground up in what is, essentially, the biggest overhaul since Maps’ initial launch almost ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...