The nature of mapmaking highlights political priorities which can be contentious in a world where multiple nations often ...

Many Arab countries don’t recognize Israel and instead call it Palestine ... A spokesperson for National Geographic, one of the most prominent map makers in the U.S., said this week that ...

There's no agreed-upon scheme to name boundaries and features shared by countries. And map lines are inherently political. Beyond the gulf-adjacent US states that were considering putting the ...

Many Arab countries don’t recognize Israel and instead call it Palestine ... A spokesperson for National Geographic, one of the most prominent map makers in the U.S., said this week that ...

Trump's renaming of the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America" highlights the politics of map naming, sparking debates, social media snark, and mixed reactions globally and domestically.