The Babylonian map is known as the Imago Mundi and holds the title of the oldest known map in the world as it shows the world ...

“ A Map to the Next World ,” is the title of a poem by Muscogee poet Joy Harjo. Nothing More of This Land is a new book from ...

World maps pose challenges and opportunities for the mapmaker different from those involved in mapping local areas. To begin with, their scale means they are never seriously used as route-finding ...

A world map is a projection of a three-dimensional space on a flat plane. These distort the distance, direction, or area size, and mapmakers have to choose which they find the most important.

A handful of world map murals are going up in classrooms at Heartland Community College as part of a pilot program to add a ...

Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.