Of the 7000-odd languages still spoken today, 2560 are represented in The World Atlas of Language Structures—even if the average number per map is "only" 400. This stems from the fact that only ...

National Geographic World Atlas is a pretty, if basic, world atlas iPad app that relies on Bing Maps for its higher-res imagery. The Global View The opening view on the app's homepage shows the Earth ...

It's no secret that I love maps. I love looking at them, studying them, using them and teaching from them. I love current maps, outdated maps, beautiful maps, historical maps and, well, any kind of ...

The National Geographic Maps division recently began production of its Atlas of the World, tenth edition, due for publication in Fall, 2014. The effort marks the anniversary of the first edition of ...

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“Wine is geography,” Jancis Robinson MW often says. And in this new 8 th edition of The World Atlas of Wine, Ms. Robinson and co-author Hugh Johnson focus on wine region geography in depth. This ...

The earliest known world map was etched sometime around the 6th century BCE onto a small clay tablet measuring just 4.8 by 3.2 inches. It depicts the world from the Babylonians’ point of view and is ...

Try these expert tips to use Google Maps for effortless travel, no matter when and where you're traveling.

Poland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in collaboration with the Central Statistical Office (GUS), has launched an interactive ...