Most of us grew up looking at world maps that dramatically distorted the actual size of countries, and we had no idea. In ...

Learning how to create a 3D globe with the world map in Illustrator is quite easy to do and remember. This project can also be the start of another project on how to make this 3D globe revolve.

But globes are bulky and cumbersome, so we still squeeze our 3-D orb onto 2-D maps. And thanks to a clever ... land and water as they exist in the real world. "This original mapping method can ...

shows the continents and countries in disproportionate sizes IT'S been revealed that the world map we've used for centuries doesn't actually accurately illustrate the globe's countries and continents.

Microsoft Flight Simulator is renowned not only as a flight experience but also for creating one of the most realistic digital maps of the entire planet. The journey began decades ago, long before ...

On a typical world map, Canada is a vast nation. Home to six time zones, its endless plains spread from ocean to ocean, dominating great swathes of the northern half of the globe. But, in reality ...

An Austrian collector has found what may be the oldest globe, dated 1504 ... Hessler described two types of people in the rare-book and map world: those who get overly excited at any new finding ...

Satellites and monitoring equipment station around the world are continually pulling ... s Global Forecast System into a swirling neon globe. The map is interactive, and users can click and ...

City Bus Manager uses OpenStreetMap (OSM) data to populate its maps, so I can see all ... gave them access to an entire world of streets, buildings, and even real bus stops. And these do more ...

The public art project, for which artists designed globes with green strategies to contend with environmental issues, originated in Chicago in 2007 and has traveled the world. The globes ...