Flat maps, aimed at providing a coherent projection of the Earth, are showing countries to be inaccurate in sizing. Some countries are shown to be a lot bigger than they really are in and around ...

Stuart Clark: It’s so clearly obvious that the world isn’t flat. We see when ships leave the harbour you can see as they gradually disappear below the horizon. You can see if you go up on top ...

They have to compromise. Map makers use map projections to transform the Earth onto a flat surface. One of the most popular world map projections is known as the Mercator Projection. You’ll have ...

Earth Is Flat Tycoon offers you all the resources you need to explain to the earthlings that they actually live on a flat surface! A much better option is to save this page and check back often ...

Voyager's Golden Record is a 12-inch gold-plated copper disk, encoded with music, sounds and images from Earth ... s map. But that’s just the beginning… Drake’s map is flat—two dimensional.

It helped me get my bearings and see whether any of the routes looked familiar. I was disappointed to not see more routes ...

In the mid-20th century, when people looked at a map of the world, they saw the familiar continents surrounded by vast, ...

A new view of the Milky Way ... The new three dimensional map has been published in the journal Science. The popular picture of the Milky Way as a flat disc is based on the observation of 2.5 ...

Other updates feature improved navigation detail and weather reporting while maintaining core features.

In the Highlands of Scotland, a series of last-ditch efforts are being used to try to save the critically endangered ...

Spanish national airline Iberia made aviation history with the first revenue service of the A321XLR - Airbus' new 'Xtra Long ...