The U.N. voted to promote map projections that more accurately represent the world, drawing official opposition from the U.S.

Zoom in far enough on any map and the world stops looking so orderly. A sliver of Michigan is completely surrounded by Ohio, a country tucked inside another country that’s tucked inside a third, and a ...

Picture this: you’re looking at a world map, and suddenly you spot something that makes you do a double-take. A perfectly straight line cutting across a mountain range. A tiny country completely ...

Most of us likely see maps as something uncontroversial and relatively permanent—a simple tool for getting from point A to point B. But in regions engaged in border disputes, maps can become a lot ...