How are mapping projects changing the way that we understand our history of racism, segregation and prejudice in America? A number of digital projects are now using GIS (geographic information systems ...

Forget cartography: Maps also serve humanistic inquiry. When I can't coax students to participate, I'll pull up a map and marvel at their volubility. In fact, I often use Saul Steinberg's famous New ...

A digital map of the Earth goes back 750 million years through the extinction of the dinosaurs. Users can enter a city name to see what it looked like several centuries ago. Ian Webster, the ...

"Próxima Tierra" during Street Works Earth 2024 in Jackson Heights (photo by Manuela Agudelo, all images courtesy Flushing Town Hall) Limited visibility and geographic isolation are common hurdles for ...

Incident response software provider Centegix has introduced a digital mapping solution called Safety Blueprint that provides a “dynamic, multi-layered map of all campus facilities and spaces, ...

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Gone are the days when lost drivers would reach into their glove compartments to grab a map and find out where they were. With the help of smart devices equipped with GPS and digital maps, drivers can ...

Before electronic navigation systems, getting around wasn’t always easy. Paper maps, printouts from MapQuest, and TripTiks from AAA (remember those?) helped people find their way, but it wasn’t always ...

A team of researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have some exciting ideas about the future of digital mapping for space exploration. They completed a paper titled ...