The reporting collection
Read reporting about geographic names and how map projections represent the world.
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Read the reporting behind map projections and geographic labels. This collection contains dated reports.
Reporting & context
3 dated reports on map projections and geographic labels.
Report Maps & Earth reports
Trump says Sundar Pichai declined an Atlantic Ocean naming request. Read what he said, what remains unconfirmed and how Google explains regional map labels.
Report Maps & Earth reports
Understand the UN’s September 2026 map vote, compare Equal Earth with Mercator, and choose a projection for the classroom question.
Report Maps & Earth reports
Compare Google Maps lake labels by country with U.S. and Canadian official records, plus the names displayed by Apple, MapQuest and Bing.
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