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

The vast majority of open-world games feature a single seamless environment that players can explore at their own pace. More often than not, such vast open-world maps also include various regions or ...

That flat drawing inflates the size of countries closer to the North or South Pole. It exaggerates the area of North America ...

In many cases, the reasons behind such separations are pretty obvious: explorable regions may be aligned with real-world geography, sending players to various countries or even continents for story ...

Here is what to know about the effort to show Africa’s real size to the world. The Mercator map was created in the 16th century by Flemish cartographer Gerardus Mercator. Designed to help European ...