While history books detail past events that shaped the world, historic maps literally show us how the world as we know it ...

Our brains constantly create internal maps of the world, allowing us to navigate spaces, recall past experiences, ...

Flat maps, designed to offer a consistent representation of Earth, reveal inaccuracies in countries' sizing. Some nations near the Poles appear significantly larger than they truly are ...

Niantic's pivot to spatial mapping has been underway for years. What it means for Pokemon Go's future is unclear, but a deeper blend of AR, AI and your future maps of the world are going to be what ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Governments frequently disagree over the names of places. Here’s how mapping apps have dealt with various feuds.

Maps do more than guide us from one place to another. They tell stories, bring people together, and provide a roadmap for protecting the planet. With new technologies and a commitment to accessibility ...

Researchers have systematically detailed, step by step, how cognitive maps form in the brain's hippocampus -- a region responsible for learning and memory. Our brains build maps of the environment ...

Some factors become apparent, however, when various socio-economic data from the world's nations are plotted on global maps alongside mortality rates for specific diseases. This Global Health ...

Observing map formation To see how these cognitive maps form, the researchers used a Janelia-designed, high-resolution microscope with a large field of view to image neural activity in thousands ...