In other words: All maps of Australia are five feet off at the moment. It's a problem that has created headaches for developers and scientists alike, with navigation systems telling drivers to go ...

Canopy height in the Amazon rainforest. According to the map, forests are generally taller in the tropics, with the exception of pockets in the Pacific Northwest and eastern Australia.

It opens at the National Library of Australia on Thursday. The exhibits include some of the world's earliest maps imagining a great southern land, the early charts of the Dutch explorers and ...