"Look at the planet from different points in space and you'll see a different view of the Earth ... south have previously been placed on top of the world map. South on top was conventional ...

Early Islamic maps favoured south at the top because most of the ... of north as being the top of the world. Yet is it time to start embracing a different view of the planet from the one we ...

Enter a brash new world map vying for global domination. Like sports, the mapmaking game can sometimes grow stale when top competitors are stuck on the same old strategy, said J. Richard Gott ...

In iOS 15, Apple has enhanced the Maps app to include a new globe view that allows you to spin the world around and zoom into different regions on Earth. In previous versions of iOS, zooming out ...

Known as the Imago Mundi, this Babylonian world map, carved into clay over 2,600 years ago, combines geography, mythology, and cosmology in a way that reflects both the intellect and imagination ...

The first known world map was inscribed into clay ... force of medieval Christian belief. The Hereford map is oriented with east at the top. Interestingly, there is no particular reason why ...

But the globe's origins remain a mystery. After passing through the hands of a string of European map dealers, the artifact was purchased anonymously at a London map fair in 2012. Eventually ...