The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

The vast majority of open-world games feature a single seamless environment that players can explore at their own pace. More often than not, such vast open-world maps also include various regions or ...

From the early civilizations of ancient Mesopotamia to our present-day globalized society, readers will learn how humans interacted―and still interact―with the environment around them, as well as the ...

The Wolfsonian–FIU charts global ambition in “Plotting Power: Maps and the Modern Age,” on view through April 16, 2023. Drawing from the Wolfsonian’s renowned collection of art and design, Plotting ...

Assassin’s Creed Origins is set in Ptolemaic Egypt, but its recreation is rooted in real geography. The Nile River, the ...

Cartographer Robert Szucs uses satellite data to make stunning art that shows which oceans waterways empty into Shi En Kim - Reporter Ocean drainage basins of the ...

For over five centuries, a single version of the world map has shaped our perception of geography. The Mercator projection, ...

More recently, Gibson covered Astoria and why it never became a major hub like San Francisco. We learn more about “Geography by Geoff” and how it struck a chord on social media. Note: The following ...

%22The World%27s Largest World Map%22 measured 88x94 feet%2C or 8%2C272 square feet The map was on two tennis courts inhabiting the old Tempe Beach Park Teacher B.G. Jones has been campaigning to ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a campaign to adopt a world map that more accurately reflects the continent’s relative size than the one currently adorning most geography-class walls.

In many cases, the reasons behind such separations are pretty obvious: explorable regions may be aligned with real-world geography, sending players to various countries or even continents for story ...