Google Maps started as a project called Where 2 in 2004 by a Sydney-based team and quickly evolved into the beloved ...

People my age grew up with a map of the world that had been created by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator in 1569. But in ...

World War I involved 32 nations from 1914 to 1919. It redrew the world map and reshaped many borders in Europe. The collapse of the Russian Empire created Poland, the Baltics, and Finland.

Maps are ubiquitous – on phones, in-flight and car displays, and in textbooks the world over. While some maps delineate and name territories and boundaries, others show different voting blocs in ...