Navigation of the world’s wild places using a compass and paper map is a must-have skill. With it, you’ll always find your way home. Little magnetic needles have been pointing the way for explorers ...

The Mercator projection is the map widely used across the globe but inaccurately depicts the sizes of countries and continents The UN has just called for the predominant world map to be replaced with ...

This video tells the story of the Austronesian migration – one of the most insane navigation feats in human history. Long before modern maps, compasses, or GPS, Pacific navigators used stars, waves, ...

“After four hours and 23 minutes of flying over the ocean without GPS, the MagNav system improved position accuracy by 89% compared to traditional backup navigation methods,” the Pentagon said in a ...

The most widely used global map is almost 500 years old and was designed for navigation. But landmasses near the poles look larger than their actual relative sizes, and those near the equator look muc ...

The UN General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly to urge governments, schools, and tech companies worldwide to stop using maps that make Africa look much smaller than it really is. By 164 votes to one ...

Google Maps promised to find the fastest route around traffic, but widespread navigation use may be undermining that promise. As more drivers chase the same algorithmic shortcuts, congestion spreads ...

The Supreme Court declined to let Missouri use a congressional map in the November midterm elections that the state GOP redrew to benefit Republicans, rejecting a last-ditch appeal from the state.

The U.N. has backed a new map showing Africa in its true relative size, with the U.S. standing alone in opposition.

President Donald Trump on Sunday appeared to suggest that New Mexico should be called “New America,” posting a photo of the state with the new name days after he signed an executive order to change ...

Sept. 4 (UPI) --The United Nations will vote Friday to adopt a new map of the world meant to make the countries appear more true to size than they are on the one we use today. The 2018 equal Earth ...