https://wordlesstech.com The future today in our amazing world Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:01:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 223030326 https://wordlesstech.com/desi-finishes-biggest-3d-map-of-the-universe/ https://wordlesstech.com/desi-finishes-biggest-3d-map-of-the-universe/#respond Wed, 22 Apr 2026 13:01:53 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=213028 The Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) has completed the largest 3D map of the universe ever made, earlier than expected.]]> https://wordlesstech.com/desi-finishes-biggest-3d-map-of-the-universe/feed/ 0 213028 https://wordlesstech.com/why-does-greenland-look-the-same-size-as-africa-on-maps/ https://wordlesstech.com/why-does-greenland-look-the-same-size-as-africa-on-maps/#respond Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:26:31 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=211930 Why does Greenland look the same size as Africa on most world maps?]]> https://wordlesstech.com/why-does-greenland-look-the-same-size-as-africa-on-maps/feed/ 0 211930 https://wordlesstech.com/the-ocean-is-deeper-than-you-think/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-ocean-is-deeper-than-you-think/#respond Thu, 05 Oct 2023 16:02:20 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=195790 The Ocean is deeper than you think. We need better maps. On Google Maps it looks like we know so much… but we know less about the ocean floor than we do the surface of Mars. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cz24meZACsY [Youtube]  ]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-ocean-is-deeper-than-you-think/feed/ 0 195790 https://wordlesstech.com/the-map-of-the-observable-universe/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-map-of-the-observable-universe/#respond Thu, 06 Jul 2023 16:16:46 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=184089 A map of the galaxies and quasars that humanity can see, found by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey from 2000 to 2020 — out to near the edge of the observable universe — has been composed. Image credit B. Ménard & N. Shtarkman; Data: SDSS, Planck, JHU, Sloan, NASA, ESA Featured here, one wedge from]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-map-of-the-observable-universe/feed/ 0 184089 https://wordlesstech.com/mapped-all-of-the-worlds-roads-by-continent/ https://wordlesstech.com/mapped-all-of-the-worlds-roads-by-continent/#respond Tue, 30 May 2023 06:13:20 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=183008 New detailed map covering all of the world’s roads by Continent, with 21 million kilometers of roads spanning our planet. How many roads there are across our entire planet? Adam Symington from PythonMaps used data from the Global Roads Inventory Project (GRIP) to map all the roads in the world, creating an accurate visualization with]]> https://wordlesstech.com/mapped-all-of-the-worlds-roads-by-continent/feed/ 0 183008 https://wordlesstech.com/the-oldest-known-map-in-europe/ https://wordlesstech.com/the-oldest-known-map-in-europe/#respond Thu, 08 Apr 2021 09:27:12 +0000 https://wordlesstech.com/?p=172794 Archaeologists discover the oldest known map in Europe, in France. An ornate Bronze Age stone slab which was excavated in France in 1900 and forgotten about for over a century has been revealed to be the oldest known map in Europe. Researchers from the French National Institute for Preventive Archaeological Research (Inrap), Bournemouth University, the]]> https://wordlesstech.com/the-oldest-known-map-in-europe/feed/ 0 172794 https://wordlesstech.com/radically-different-and-less-distorted-re-imagined-world-map/ https://wordlesstech.com/radically-different-and-less-distorted-re-imagined-world-map/#respond Tue, 23 Feb 2021 08:24:23 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=171810 Scientists re-imagine world map, designing a less distorted, ‘radically different’ way to see the world. Princeton professors J. Richard Gott and Robert Vanderbei worked with Drexel professor David Goldberg to create a revolutionary new map: A two-sided disk that can slip inside a textbook or be stacked neatly for storage. It provides more accurate distances]]> https://wordlesstech.com/radically-different-and-less-distorted-re-imagined-world-map/feed/ 0 171810 https://wordlesstech.com/stellar-motion-for-the-next-1-6-million-years/ https://wordlesstech.com/stellar-motion-for-the-next-1-6-million-years/#respond Fri, 04 Dec 2020 09:40:10 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=170051  This is the most precise 3D map of the Milky Way ever made, created from data collected by ESA’s Gaia observatory. Astronomers have just released a new 3D atlas of the galaxy and its stars moving through space. The stars are constantly moving across the sky. Known as proper motion, this motion is imperceptible]]> https://wordlesstech.com/stellar-motion-for-the-next-1-6-million-years/feed/ 0 170051 https://wordlesstech.com/esail-map-of-global-shipping/ https://wordlesstech.com/esail-map-of-global-shipping/#respond Sun, 29 Nov 2020 09:49:43 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=169950 ESAIL microsatellite’s first map of global shipping, has captured 57 000 messages in its first 24 hours of operation. The high-performance satellite was developed as a Partnership Project to help European and Canadian space companies succeed in the competitive global telecommunications market. Launched on 2 September aboard an Arianespace Vega from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou,]]> https://wordlesstech.com/esail-map-of-global-shipping/feed/ 0 169950 https://wordlesstech.com/live-new-york-subway-map/ https://wordlesstech.com/live-new-york-subway-map/#comments Wed, 28 Oct 2020 10:43:12 +0000 http://wordlesstech.com/?p=169368 An impressive live New York subway map showing trains moving in real-time. Work & Co has launched the first major redesign of the MTA subway map in decades, and acclaimed filmmaker Gary Hustwit documented the process of creating a new “live map” — one that updates in real-time — to help New Yorkers and tourists]]> https://wordlesstech.com/live-new-york-subway-map/feed/ 1 169368