The number of countries in the world does not change very often, but when it does, mapmakers (and their digital counterparts) ...

it is difficult to accurately project this on a two-dimensional map. When the world is flattened to fit on a piece of paper it is distorted. This makes some countries appear bigger than they are ...

Google will rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska's Denali on its maps for users in the U.S. following President Trump's ...