Cairo: Authorities in the Saudi holy city of Mecca have launched the first edition of a map designed to help visitors explore the city’s historical sites more easily. The "Discover Mecca" map, ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The African Union has started an effort to oust the Mercator projection map and replace it with what it says is a more accurately drawn map. The 16 ...

DAKAR, Senegal — On the Mercator projection, one of the world’s most popular maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be about the same size. But on the Equal Earth projection showing continents in their ...