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Jointly organised by the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) and the Scout Association of Hong Kong, ...
The name of “Island of Hawaii” might soon be history – at least on paper. A new proposal before the Hawaii Board on ...
In response to a media inquiry that Google Maps now shows the label "West Philippine Sea," whereas it previously displayed "South China Sea," with some reports claiming that this change helps protect ...
A Chinese expert said the hype around the so-called "West Philippine Sea" is nothing new and should not be taken too ...
Found on the wall of a baked-mud dwelling in the ancient Catal Huyuk settlement in present-day Turkey, it was drawn around 6200 B.C. From that moment on, geographical representations, accurate or ...
No longer a spaghetti diagram, this map emphasizes the lines over maintaining geographical accuracy ... and the F train stop on Roosevelt Island. Transit officials say it's easy to find accessible ...
This month, state officials voted unanimously to change the names of a creek and a hill on an Aleutian island in response to proposals arguing they were offensive and arbitrary. The features in ...
The MTA released Wednesday the first wholesale update of the New York City subway map in nearly 50 years, reminiscent of the iconic 1972 subway map designed by Massimo ...
Last April, he began the process of trying to remove two offensive names from Alaskan geography. He was shocked when he made ...
That big body of water to the state's left is officially the Gulf of America in Florida now that Gov. Ron DeSantis has ...
A small uninhabited island in the Gulf of Mexico has disappeared entirely - fuelling online debate of a potential “cover up”. For years, Bermeja Island has been a source of confusion for a number of ...