A map cannot be the same size as the area it represents. It needs to be scaled down to fit on a page or a screen. Map scales can be written in two ways, a simple scale with units or a ratio scale. A ...

Way to put the world into perspective. One Reddit user took the time to redesign the world map to represent each country's size according to its population. Take a look. Way to put the world into ...

Sometimes it helps to take look the world through an unconventional perspective when thinking about the size of things. So here's a pretty awesome map from Bank of America Merrill Lynch's ...