When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...

During the latter half of the twentieth century, the backbone of the U.S. Geological Survey’s national mapping effort was the 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle. These detailed printed maps defined ...

National Geographic cartographers fill a key map gap on the North American Continental Divide and pay tribute to the Father of American Mapmaking A portion of the Trails Illustrated Wind River Range ...

Computational modelling has suggested that at least two counteracting forces are required for establishing topographic maps. Ephrin-family proteins are required for both anterior–posterior and ...

A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...