Advocacy groups in Africa have launched a campaign to replace the Mercator map, which distorts Africa's size by making it ...

The African Union has thrown its weight behind a "Correct the Map" campaign, calling for an end to the use of the standard ...

Move aside, Google Maps; your lack of a full-time speedometer may just make drivers move over to this navigation app.

Mercator projection is not the first time a European map distorted or misrepresented a region, says one expert. Another ...

From 1991 to 2001, the violent breakup of Yugoslavia reshaped the Balkans through a series of brutal wars. Using Google Earth ...

Organizers behind the Correct The Map campaign say the Mercator map's shrinking of Africa minimizes the continent's global ...

Created by cartographer Gerardus Mercator for navigation, the projection distorts continent sizes, enlarging areas near the poles like North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South Amer ...

Former President Barack Obama has expressed his support for California Gov. Gavin Newsom's proposed redistricting plan, which would give Democrats an additional five U.S. House seats, and has urged ...

Finally, we’re seeing a new look for the app’s search interface. So far, Maps gets you started with a search by pulling up ...

Google Maps will soon get a new share search result features that will allow its users to create a shareable list of top ten ...

With the latest update (version 25.34.00.796159725), Google Maps now has a "Your recent places" section. Spotted by Android Authority, it sits right above "Your lists" and neatly gathers all the ...