Scientists create 1st-ever 3-dimensional map of world outside Earth's solar system

A distant gas giant the size of 10 Jupiters is now the first planet outside Earth's solar system to be mapped in three ...
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First-Ever 3D Map Of Planet Outside Solar System Reveals Distant World’s Hot Spot And Cool Ring

“If you build a map at a wavelength that water absorbs, you’ll see the water deck in the atmosphere, whereas a wavelength ...

“Think You Know The Globe?”: Try To Identify 30 Countries By Just A Mark On The World Map

The world is a big place. There is plenty to see on our planet: cities, mountains, and a lot of countries that can be tricky ...
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A whole new world: redrawing the Mercator map

"On classroom walls from Lagos to London", the standard map of the world depicts an "inflated Britain at the centre" and a dramatically "shrunken Africa", said The Times. But this could soon change.
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Here’s how Africa wants to redraw the world map

In 1569, Flemish mapmaker Gerardus Mercator synthesized existing ideas in navigation and cartography to create a new type of world map. It has stood the test of time: Billions of people would ...
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World maps get Africa’s size wrong: cartographers explain why fixing it matters

The African Union has endorsed the #CorrectTheMap Campaign, a call for the United Nations and the wider global community to use a different kind of world map. The campaign currently has over 4,500 ...