When he was in his forties, a 16th-century Italian man named Urbano Monte was determined to make a map of the entire world that was as three-dimensional as possible. Monte originally wanted to have 60 different components stitched together to make one enormous map. Map collector David Rumsey digitized Monte’s project so the whole world…
That’s roughly 240 km a day!
When you realize 2 of the 3 lines are for Alaska and Hawaii
At 22,366 km (13,898 mi), your ETA is roughly 4,470 hours from now
The art of science
It took Vanessa Barragão and her team over 520 hours to weave
There were over 5,700 locations in 2005
How the Mercator Projection distorts our view of the world
Kongō Gumi in Japan has been operating since 578 AD!
Artist Simon Weckert transported 99 smartphones in a little red wagon to generate a virtual traffic jam
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