World Map

The world map consists of the entire surface of the World. In this site you’ll get different categories of World maps and country maps such as location map, Google map, large detailed map, administrative map, physical map, tourist map, political map, road map and physiographic map. Due to the problem of projection, maps distort the presentation of the earth's surface.

World maps are classified to acquire different types global knowledge required to construct them. Before the European Renaissance, a meaningful map of the world could not be constructed as less than half of the earth’s coastlines, not to mention its inside regions, were known to any culture. World maps are generally focused on political and physical features.

Political maps emphasize national and regional boundaries and human settlement. Physical maps demonstrate features like: mountains, soil type or land use. Geological maps demonstrate the surface, as well as characteristics of the hidden rock, fault lines, and subsurface structures.