These different map representations are called projections. Oh hello! I’m just working out where I am by using this world, er…globe to give it its proper name. A globe is a model of planet ...

The word "cosmography" isn't used much today, but educated readers in 1507 knew what it meant: the study of the known world ... The globe, certainly, I have limited in size. But the map is larger." ...

(Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) Map graphic features or elements can be classified as points, lines, areas, or "raster." In GIS, these features are grouped together to ...

This would dramatically reshape the continents and drown many of the world's major cities. Produced by Alex Kuzoian More from Politics We learned last year that many of the effects of climate ...

A colour-coded map has revealed the dream career ... map has revealed the most popular jobs around the world - and being a pilot is the globe's number one dream job in 2025. On the map, countries ...

Explore what the world’s new coastlines would look like. 8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now ...