Simply point a smartphone or tablet around ... the app offers a color-coded map displaying country boundaries, elevations, and familiar latitude and longitude lines. Dive into Earth’s topography with ...

The most common map type in modern times is a street map. Before roads covered the nation, hills, valleys, and bodies of water were more notable landmarks than street signs, roads, and highways.

This 2023 satellite photo shows New Zealand's Mount Taranaki, which is surrounded by a near-perfect circle of deformed trees.