Latitude and Longitude make it possible to reference a precise point on earth by simply showing a pair of numbers. For example, the Google headquarters in Mountain View, California is located at ...

GOCE managed to map the gravitational strength of the Earth beneath it to a precision of 10 –5 m/s 2. While we commonly quote the gravitational force as 9.81 m/s 2 , this satellite was measuring ...

A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved over 750 million years of continental drift.

China last month donated to the United Nations the first open-access, high-resolution map of Earth's land cover, as a contribution towards global sustainable development and combating climate ...

Based on pulsars, the famed 'we are here' illustration was always a doomed endeavor. 40 years later, it's even worse than we imagined.

A California paleontologist has created an interactive map that allows people to see how far their hometowns have moved over 750 million years of continental drift.

The new Earth gravity map, which was unveiled in late March, is the most accurate model of gravity fluctuations around the world. It was recorded by the European Space Agency's GOCE satellite.

In particular, Cobo has problems with the direction that mapmaking has taken. In 150AD, Ptolemy drew the first world map with north placed firmly at the top.