Mapping the world is one of humanity's most enduring passions, something we've done with varying degrees of success for over a thousand years. Short, a geography professor at the University of ...

Is it possible to create the “perfect” expression of data on a map? William Rankin doesn’t think so. While most mainstream maps that use a jigsaw-puzzle-like format — solid color shapes separated by ...

The latest issue of Humboldt Geographic gathers a decade of maps and stories from Cal Poly Humboldt cartography students, inviting readers to see maps not only as navigational tools but as narrative ...

What gets hyped, and what remains neglected, often depends on good storytelling. When the Human Genome Project began, in 1990, it had a simple story, well told. From a standing start, American ...

After 40 years of work, the History of Cartography project is coming to a close. But with evolving modern technology and cultural perceptions about maps, UW researchers claim cartographers’ work is ...

COME A LONG WAY. I HAVE ALL THESE HIGHWAY MAPS THAT I PICK UP AT THE REST AREAS, MAPS. ANDY WOODRUFF PROUDLY SHOWS US THE HUNDREDS HE HAS COLLECTED OVER THE YEARS. THESE ARE MADE BY MAJOR CARTOGRAPHY ...