Maps
Conservationists Give New Life to 350-Year-Old Map of Australia
Created in 1663, the map reflects early knowledge of a mysterious continent
Three Things to Know About Benjamin Banneker's Pioneering Career
Banneker was a successful almanac-maker and self-taught student of mathematics and astronomy
Google Earth Leads to Discovery of 400 Stone "Gates" in Saudi Arabia
Amateur researchers first came across the rock structures in 2004. Four years later, after seeing them again on Google Earth, they decided to investigate
Now You Can Virtually Visit Quttinirpaaq National Park, One of the Most Remote Places on Earth
Google Street Views records the wonders of the northerly jewel
This Mapping Tool Could Help Wilderness Firefighters Plan Escape Routes
Firefighters may soon get safety help from a new technology that assesses terrain and plots a course out
Jane Squire and the Longitude Wars
The sixteenth-century debate over how to determine longitude had a lot of participants—and one woman
Explore the Secret Lives of Animals With These Marvelous Maps
A new book considers how sophisticated tracking technology and the data it collects can improve conservation strategies
This Is What Global Dissent Sounds Like
A new project maps almost 200 recordings taken in 27 different countries over the past 26 years
Explore the International Space Station With Google Street View
An astronaut and Google mapped the ISS for Street View with a DSLR and a lot of patience
Where to See Some of the World's Oldest and Most Interesting Maps
Chart humanity's course through history with these antique navigational tools
John Dee’s Life Shows Science’s Magical Roots
His life shows a time when science and magic intersected–even for scientists
Surf Through Newly Digitized Images to See Rome’s Ever-Changing History
The Eternal City is always evolving. Now, a new web resource shows how
How Archaeologists Crammed 1500 Years of Roman History Into One Map
The Atlas of Ancient Rome looks at the city over the course of its evolution in remarkable detail
From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps
We now have the whole world in our hands, but how did we get here?
Explore Ancient British Isles Hill Forts with a New Online Atlas
The atlas lists over 4,000 of the structures that dot the landscape, used as gathering spots for Bronze and Iron Age Britons
Indonesia’s Trying to Figure Out How Many Islands It Contains
And it’s really complicated
See the Gulf of Mexico's Seafloor Like Never Before With This 1.4-Billion-Pixel Map
Made from data collected from 200 proprietary maps from oil and gas companies, the new image has a resolution 16 times greater than the next best map
Interactive Map Shows the History of Presidential Travel
President Trump's first foreign trip follows a long line of international visits by heads of state
This Long, Violent Border Dispute Between Colonial Maryland and Pennsylvania is Why We Have the Mason-Dixon Line
Cresap's War was a conflict that didn't get fully settled for almost 50 years
Walt Disney’s Original Map of Disneyland Is Headed to Auction
Disney created the map with the artist Herb Ryman while trying to secure funds for his theme park
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