A global game reveals that our idea of the size of continents is more accurate than classic maps and their distortions suggest.

We’ve all seen a world map before – at least we hope so. Now it’s time to test your geography skills and see if you can actually recognize countries just by their shape. This is Part 2 of the map quiz. You’ll get 30 new countries marked on a map.

Chart from 500 years ago, reflected European ignorance of Holy Land, with later iterations improving; division into territories of 12 Israelite tribes set stage for international borders

Most African countries lack accurate local base maps, stalling all sorts of government and business decisions. A new project aims to fix that.