Did you know that the world looks different depending on where you are? Maps, as commonly seen in textbooks and online, are not universal,many regions and borders are disputed, with different ...

The world as we know it -- reciprocal even across national borders -- ends here. One thinks of the American West in the mid-19th century, or parts of Brazil into the 20th.

The remaining 90%, of course, inhabit the regions colored white. (That’s how math works!) The map above was created by data cruncher Max Galka using QGIS, ...

A World Bank geographer marshaled satellite imagery and an eager volunteer force of Afghans and students to help put remote, needy regions of Afghanistan literally on the map. CHALLENGE Many of ...

Looking at the map, it’s clear that southern and southeastern Asia, western and central Europe, eastern South America, and southern Australia are among the most vulnerable regions.

Imagine drawing a world map on an orange, peeling the skin to leave a single piece and then flattening it. It would, of course, rip. But imagine you could stretch it. As you did so, the map drawn ...