In a world of infinite complexity, it takes a complex map to communicate how global trade works. This doesn’t mean it can’t be beautifully visualised, as shown by Maps Mania with this interactive map.

Understanding the distortions of the Mercator projection is one thing; seeing it in action by dragging your own country over an interactive map is another. Maps Mania filled the void with TheTrueSize.

In the wake of last week’s Ashley Madison hack, Geoawesomeness shared the publicly available map showing the locations of the no less than 36 million people using the adultery service..

CityLab discussed what can be learned from mapping the “controlled chaos” that is Nairobi’s informal transit system.

Location, location, location is vital in so many aspects of life… even songwriting. HERE blog listed nine famous songs you need a map for.

Stories involving science are made all the more powerful with a map. With the possibilities available today, deciding which map to use is an art from, as discussed at length by The Open Notebook.

Big think analyses how the fabricated and false ‘Mountains of Kong’ demonstrate “geographic imagination abhors the vacuum of blank spaces on the map.”

VIDEO: Another day, another disruptive drone design: Sony unveiled its half-computer half-plane and all-awesome new drone, as demonstrated  with a video on Science Alert.