Cartography is cool. Where would we be without it as a species?

<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 ...

Anaximander's Map is considered by some to be the first-ever world map, and alleged versions of it have been shared across social media channels since at least 2020, from Instagram and Reddit to ...

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Wwomen have always been part of the mapping landscape, bit their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

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: ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A piece of art, history or both is coming back to Salt Lake City International Airport, and it might just give travelers a hint of nostalgia and even travel inspiration. The original ...

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.