Are you sitting down? The world map you’re probably most familiar with has been misleading you in a subtle but important way: many land masses appear either smaller or larger than they actually are.

When you look at a map of the world, it makes sense to assume that Greenland and Africa are similar in size. But in reality, the African continent is 14 times as big as the icy northern land mass.

The problem was so widespread that a French mathematician even developed an eponymous equation to quantify the degree of distortion that a world map experienced. Called Tissot’s indicatrix, the ...

Civilization 6 has been out for almost three years, with two major expansions released in the interim. But it’s still delivering surprises and delights. With this year’s release of the World ...

As noted, the goal of Starlink is to provide worldwide high-speed internet, with the interactive map noting, "The Starlink constellation could serve up to 188,180 MB/sec to Earth." Despite the ...

Microsoft Flight Simulator is renowned not only as a flight experience but also for creating one of the most realistic digital maps of the entire planet. The journey began decades ago, long before ...