Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

First, it wants to stop the Houthis’ strikes on ships in the Red Sea; they have hit more than 130 vessels in protest against ...

The state of Alaska requested the name change in 1975, but the Board on Geographic Names didn’t take action. Members of the Ohio congressional delegation – President William McKinley was from Ohio – ...

Baidu Maps is widely used in China, and Naver Map is the go-to map app in South Korea. Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America President Trump ordered the Gulf of Mexico to be called the Gulf of America ...

Western officials have accused Russia and its proxies of staging dozens of attacks and other incidents across Europe since ...

Huddled inside the Al Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad with his colleagues, CNN’s Bernard Shaw uttered a sentence that crackled over the airwaves to reach American televisions and change the world and cable ...

But what put the profe in full despair mode was when Apple and Google updated their map services last week so that American users will now see “Gulf of America.” The decision prompted the ...

Google, Apple and Bing Maps have changed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America following an executive order from President Trump. MapQuest has not yet updated its map to reflect Trump's order.