The latitude and longitude lines are used for pin pointing the exact location of any place onto the globe or earth map. The latitude and longitude lines jointly works as coordinates on the earth or in ...

Flat, two-dimensional maps can look different because the world is actually curved. This means map-makers need to make compromises when drawing maps. These different map representations are called ...

Interactive map shows local times around the world as New Year's Day arrives ... the middle of the Pacific Ocean about 180 degrees longitude from the North Pole to the South Pole.

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world would end when the head was replaced. With its ...

"Aye, mate." One can almost hear the weary assent of countless a hoary sailor upon hearing these words of Horace, almost see the rheumy eye staring distantly as if at some ghost ship on the ...

On the night of March 13 into March 14, skygazers across North America—along with many other parts of the world—will get the ...