In South America, millions of acres of rain forest ... illustrated changes on the planet with before-and-after satellite images, these maps offer more detail; it’s possible to measure exactly ...

Such crowdsourced signals could improve satellite navigation, especially in swathes of the world where data are otherwise scarce, including Africa, South America ... fills in the map a lot ...

With information on capitals, years of independence, political developments, and other details on each country, the map below features the array of life that is South America.