Maps used to be beautiful, when cartography was as much of an art as a science, and dragons were as likely to be waiting on the other side of the world as new spice trades. But as of late, maps have ...

At least 22 states have invested in digitizing maps of K-12 public schools for law enforcement agencies to use during emergencies such as mass shootings. Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have ...

There are many, many maps of New York City. There are the decor maps, sold on Amazon, and the tourist maps, which focus, erroneously, only on Manhattan. There’s the iconic subway map, as well as the ...

Using old maps goes hand-in-hand with family research. But before the digitalization of maps, it was quite difficult for researchers to find just the map they needed. Viewing old maps often involved ...

A few days into a trip in Iceland, I was trying to find a hot spring-but not the kind with a paved parking lot or an infinity-pool edge. I wanted steam, stone, and silence. So I opened Google Maps and ...

Researchers have launched Itiner-e, an interactive digital map tracing 300,000 kilometers of ancient Roman roads. The project reveals a far more extensive Roman network than previously believed, ...

In 2016, some 54 percent of the world’s population lives in cities, with that figure expected to rise to 75 percent by 2030. Curious about how urbanization has developed over thousands of years and ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. Before community activists can tackle issues like income ...

When a motion detector went off overnight at Kromrey Middle School, a police dispatcher called up a digital map of the building, pinpointed the detector, clicked on a live feed from the nearest camera ...

Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our ...

Warren Historical Society has completed its digital map of the Old Warren Center Cemetery. Old Warren Center Cemetery, also known as Old Burying Ground, is located just south of Melius Road on ...