How many trees are there in the world? 3,040,000,000,000… that’s how many. Find out how that figure was reached and what it means with Nature Journal’s video.

This week saw the discovery of water on Mars filling us with the hope of life on mars. This ESRI map story shows exactly how the discovery unfolded.

Over at the HERE blog, visual artist Mychael Barratt explains how when he fell in love with London, his art naturally became historically inspired maps of the city.

Think your internet connection is woeful? Compare it to the island nation of Cuba’s notoriously terrible internet and let Vox tell you exactly why it is so bad.

Geoawesomeness describes the Apple Watch’s new maps application as “a disappointment.”

If you think you can recognise a country by its shape, try doing it with completely distorted scale in the Mercator puzzle as shared by Jonathan Crowe.

Google Maps Mania had Berlin on the brain this week, sharing two great maps. First… a map of maps: Berliner Morgenpost newest webmap plots all of their maps and visualisations in one place. Second: a map of the impressive amount of the car sharing taking place in Berlin.