Lake America backlash fuels interest in Google Maps alternatives

Just because Google and Apple are now calling it Lake America doesn’t mean everyone has to. After President Donald Trump ...
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A Man Was Looking For A Place To Camp On Google Maps. Instead, He Made A 390-Million-Year-Old Discovery

Joël Lapointe was browsing Google Maps when he spotted an unusual spherical structure. It turned out to be a huge find.

The World’s Best Cities Have Been Ranked And The Map Is Starting To Look Very Different

The index ranks 1,000 cities across five categories: economics, human capital, quality of life, environment and governance.
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Indonesia Threatens Prison for Forest Map Downloads

Indonesia’s Ministry of Forestry has placed new limits on an interactive mapping platform that once allowed open access to detailed forest information. Visitors ...

As the planet warms, cities like Bangkok could be increasingly inundated by deadly floods

Daytime heat causes towering, fluffy cumulonimbus clouds to form and swell before unleashing torrential rain on cities such as Singapore, Hong Kong and Bangkok. In these places, drainage systems are ...