Map Of The World
A world map is a map of most or all of the surface of earth.
Map of the world. Representing a round earth on a flat map requires some distortion of the geographic features no matter how the map is done. The large maps on this page are political maps of the world published by the united states central intelligence agency better known as the cia. Looking at a world map tells us the depth and shallowness of our knowledge about our world at the same time. It shows the location of most of the world s countries and includes their names where space allows.
Find any latitude and longitude and much more. Populations cities and countries. Here is a clickable map of the world click on a country to view its map. Shown above the map above is a political map of the world centered on europe and africa.
Share your story with the world. Make use of google earth s detailed globe by tilting the map to save a perfect 3d view or diving into street view for a 360 experience. Bodies of water rivers seas. World maps because of their scale must deal with the problem of projection.
Maps rendered in two dimensions by necessity distort the display of the three dimensional surface of the earth. While this is true of any map these distortions reach extremes in a world map. World maps many to choose from. More about the world.
Oceans all the details. In order based on size they are asia africa north america south america antarctica europe and australia. Find any city on a map. Outline maps and map tests.
Flags all countries provinces states and territories. A world map is a representation of all continents and countries in the world. A map of the world with countries and states you may also see the seven continents of the world. The top map was created in january 2015 and the map beneath it was created in june 2019.