In honor of the CIA's Cartography Center's 75th anniversary, the agency released a bevy of maps detailing the world since the start of the Cold War.

“It’s hard to imagine a world without Google maps or satellite imagery, but when Corona was developed in the 1950s, satellite photo-reconnaissance didn’t exist,” the CIA wrote.

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. These days, it’s easy to take for granted just how amazing Google Maps is. Not only ...

The CIA World Factbook is arguably the best value for a research almanac, bar none. The Factbook provides detailed information on the geographies, economies, populations, and militaries of more ...

A world map of average life expectancy by country. ... Just for fun, we’ve included the top twenty-five countries — as ranked by the CIA World Factbook’s 2012 estimates — here.

The CIA wants to share what it knows about world space programs. Some of what it knows, anyway. The United States Central Intelligence Agency, better known as the CIA, has released a new entry in ...

In honor of the CIA's Cartography Center's 75th anniversary, the agency released a bevy of maps detailing the world since the start of the Cold War.