Spectrum 3D Unveils Mars & Earth Extreme-Raised Relief Globes: Earth Seafloor Globe 150x, Mars Globe 20x and Earth Land Globe 250x The 18-inch Globes are exaggerated either with spiky mountain ...

By using two circles of the northern and southern hemispheres scientists said they have created the most accurate 2D map of Earth to date.

[UPDATE May 2007: Read about the new version of Globe Glider and see a video of it in action.] Every once in a while, someone does something truly groundbreaking with Google Earth. Globe Glider is ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its ...

The African Union is officially fed up with the 16 th -century representation of its continent that the world has accepted as the norm. The AU, which comprises 55 African nations, has set off on a ...

Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

Google Maps rolled out a globe on Friday, most likely frustrating internet-connected flat-Earthers around -- sorry, across -- the world. Click on the new Globe Mode, zoom out, and the Earth will ...

Google Earth for iPhone still spins its digital globe each time you switch locations, so if your maps are halfway around the world, expect a delay.

In the age of Google Earth, watches that triangulate and cars with built-in GPS, there's something about a globe — a spherical representation of the world in miniature — that somehow endures.

Google Maps is the most popular online navigation tool on the planet, but until recently, it only showed a flat depiction of the Earth when you zoomed out. Now, Maps finally shows a globe.

The African Union has backed a campaign to end the use by governments and international organizations of the 16th-century ...

The map has been misinterpreted. One Instagram user (here) shared a TikTok video which tries to challenge the fact that that Gleason’s map is a projection of the earth as a globe.