The distortions of maps can influence how we see the world. Astoundingly ... straight lines for latitude and longitude and ...

When it comes to operating beyond the limits of the known world into the world of imagination, [the tablet] is indispensable, ...

If I want to see where a place is in the world, I just need to look at where the lines cross, and read the numbers. Ah, there he is! Latitude is 32 degrees south, and longitude is 115 degrees east.

The world map we see today has grown through the efforts of many explorers who have charted new boundaries, continually ...

Seafarers of the Marshall Islands built elaborate maps out of palm ... created the first world atlas in the second century A.D. The redoubtable Ptolemy even plotted latitude and longitude lines ...

What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

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 ...

But that's not the only way to use Google Maps - you can find a location by entering its latitude and longitude (often abbreviated as lat and long). And if you need to know the latitude and ...

New research uncovers dual brain maps for spatial planning, with potential insights into neurological conditions like stroke.

RadioGlobe lets the user tune in over 2000 stations from around the world by spinning a real globe ... and reads whatever latitude is focused in the reticle. Both encoder are connected to a ...

The most common practice to locate a place on the Earth is by using the coordinates of latitude and longitude. These coordinates that are measured in degrees offer angular distances from the central ...