The Equal Earth World Map builds off previously released maps like the Mercator projection map and the Gall-Peters projection map. However, these two maps had problems of their own.

Disregard what you learned in geography class—Earth may not have seven continents after all. From the earliest of grades, schoolchildren around the world have memorized the same lineup: Africa ...

New World Map That Accurately Shows Earth in 2D Created by Scientists. Published Sep 03, 2018 at 11:50 AM EDT Updated Sep 03, 2018 at 1:09 PM EDT. The Equal Earth projection.

Rare earth minerals have become the backbone of modern technology, fueling everything from smartphones and electric vehicles ...

Most people today use Google Maps to find local schools, malls, and the closest Starbucks, according to this year’s Google Zeitgeist, which catalogs the top searches of 2011. But there was more ...

For the service's 20th anniversary, Google was inspired by a social media trend from last year in which people shared ...

Map Reveals Where World's Rare Earth Minerals Are Located. Published Feb 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM EST Updated Feb 25, 2025 at 3:37 PM EST. By . Hugh Cameron is Newsweek U.S. news reporter based in ...

On the 55th Earth Day, progress has been dramatic. Using technology like GIS, digital twins, and AI, fueled by prosperity, we can literally map a better future for the planet.

A map depicting a flat Earth surrounded by rings of ice walls from an online art forum is being taken by some social media users as evidence the planet is flat.

Some social media users are saying that Alexander Gleason’s 19th Century “New Standard Map of the World” is proof that the earth is flat and that Antarctica is not a continent but an ice ...