These days, it’s natural to feel a bit lost. Everyone seems to be looking for a sense for where they stand in the world; a ...

Women have moved from mapmakers using their bodies to depict maps to being leaders shaping the field of cartography.

On most maps, Greenland and Africa appear to be roughly the same size. In reality, Africa is about 14 times larger than ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions of Earth. However, because all flat maps have compromises built into them, ...

Magic Earth has announced another major release for iPhone users; the new version includes new features to enhance navigation ...

From the rise of Cyrus the Great in the 6th century BCE to the vast dominion of Darius and Xerxes, the First Persian ...

Does it sometimes seem like every single inch of Earth has been discovered? Far from it. But scientists are working on it.

Including the temperature, air quality, and UV index ...

The maps of the 1940s and 1950s were about a fresh (American) perspective to create a new world order. They instilled Trump’s ...

Picture an aircraft streaking across the sky at hundreds of miles per hour, unleashing millions of laser pulses into a dense tropical forest. The objective: map thousands of square miles, including ...

Author Tommy Orange rings in the New Year at the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii—and reflects on what we can learn from the land ...

The Southampton Old Bowling Green is often described as the oldest bowling green in the world still in operation.