Ecuador. Exactly 50% of people who played the Ecuador map game knew where the South American country was. But those who missed it missed it by a lot: The average errant guess landed 609 miles away.

Click and drag the marker to where you think Ecuador is on this map of the world. When you drop it, the answer will appear, and you’ll see how your guess compares with everyone else who has played. On ...

The education ministry in Brazil put out a geography textbook for sixth-grade students. On the map of South America, Paraguay is switched with Uruguay. A second nation of Paraguay appears on the ...

When the shaking, faint but jarring, began, Daniel Orellana, a geographer at the University of Cuenca, in southern Ecuador, was at home with his wife and daughter. It was Saturday evening, around 7 ...

Watch a report on a mapping project in Ecuador following its earthquake. A project called Mapping Ecuador is allowing people to pinpoint hospitals, shelters and other key places in the South American ...

Six provinces, which are home to more than six million people, have been declared in a state of emergency. Where should aid be targeted? Following an earthquake like the one that struck Ecuador last ...

A massive 7.5 earthquake was initially measured at magnitude 7.7 but has now been scaled down to magnitude 7.5. It was felt in both Ecuador and Peru as well as in parts of Colombia. Images of the ...

Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. It is famously said that most people do not know their geography. But you'd think the map makers would know. The education ministry in Brazil put out a geography ...