Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it seem smaller. The Mercator map created in the 16th century enlarges ...

Mapbox, the location technology platform, today announced that Tripadvisor has adopted Mapbox for its redesigned ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...

At the 2025 World Smart Industry Expo held in Chongqing, an innovative product that integrates automotive and aviation ...

An early 20th century world map using the Mercator projection, which critics say exaggerates the size of regions near the poles like Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America. African ...

How much power lies in a map? The push to replace the ‘distorted’ Mercator projection with a more accurate map that portrays ...

From the outside, wildfire smoke may look like a drifting gray cloud. But for scientists, these plumes are dynamic, complex, ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Last month, Google quietly killed off Google Sky Maps. But there’s still another way to virtually explore most of the solar system a la Google Maps: it’s called Google Maps in Space. Google Maps in ...

Maxar Intelligence, the leading provider of secure, precise geospatial insights, today announced a strategic partnership with Anduril to supply the foundational geospatial intelligence that will ...

At the 2025 World Smart Industry Expo being held in Chongqing, a 'flying car' that integrates aviation and automotive ...

Project Orbion digital twin Earth aims to transform the geospatial industry with AI, radar satellites, and real-time data for ...