Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project aims to create this vital resource. Africa’s official maps are stuck in the ...

Ever wondered what your hometown looked like centuries ago? Thanks to a hidden feature in Google Earth, ...

Etymology - the origin of words - is a fascinating subject on its own (especially for a word geek like me), but apply it geographically and it throws up a smorgasbord of interesting, out-there and ...

The map of the Holy Land in Christopher Froschauer’s 1525 Old Testament has the Mediterranean to the east of Palestine ...