The map of the world as you know it – the Mercator projection – isn’t totally accurate. And Africa is leading the charge to ...

The current standard misrepresents the continent’s scale, which activists argue reinforces misconceptions about its significance.

Google Earth got a Street View feature that effectively lets users travel through time.

A growing campaign backed by the African Union is urging schools and organizations to replace the Mercator projection with a ...

Several African nations have begun replacing Mercator maps in schools with alternatives. The current campaign is "actively ...

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

"This breakthrough enables scientists to do something that was impossible until now," according to the system's creators.

Google DeepMind, launched an AI model that can create highly detailed maps of Earth to help scientists understand ...

Google DeepMind, Alphabet Inc.’s artificial intelligence research arm, announced the release of AlphaEarth Foundations on Wednesday, a new AI model that can process terabytes of daily satellite ...