cartography

Gladys West, right, developed the mathematical models behind GPS. – Photo credit: U.S. Navy/Wikimedia Commons

History

Women have been mapping the world for centuries, and now they’re speaking up for the people left out of those maps

Melinda Laituri

2/4/2026
Articles, Legacy

Data Map Shows How Diverse (And Segregated) Our Cities Really Are

Rafi Schwartz

6/30/2015
Articles, Legacy

Explore Your City’s Urban Smellscape With Scent-Based Smelly Maps

Rafi Schwartz

6/2/2015
Articles, Legacy

This Instagram for Maps Will Make a Cartographer Out of You Yet

Eric Rodenbeck

6/22/2013
Articles, Legacy

Makin’ It: Howard Veregin, Wisconsin’s Postmodern State Cartographer

Brady Welch

3/3/2012
Articles, Legacy

Map: See Which Earthquake-Prone Areas Have the Most People

Ben Jervey

3/26/2011
Legacy

Slideshow: The Beautiful and Impactful Aerial Imagery of Grassroots Mapping

Ben Jervey

3/25/2011
Articles, Legacy

Grassroots Mapping: How You Can Create Aerial Cartography for Under $100, and Use It to Do Good

Ben Jervey

3/10/2011
Articles, Design, Legacy

Amtrak As Subway Map

Ben Jervey

12/10/2010
Articles, Design, Legacy

Nicaragua Mistakenly Invades Costa Rica, Blames Google Maps [UPDATED]

Patrick James

11/12/2010

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