Atlas Guo is a cartographer and Ph.D. student. We met with him to learn more about mapping natural disasters and what goes into making a well-designed map.

A notable and beautiful piece of work, overshadowing anything of the kind heretofore attempted. There are 166 plates and 145 pages of descriptive text, arranged under the following headings: The ...

In 2008, Imus dove head first into the creation of a general map of the entire United States. The work ballooned into the most grueling, demanding project of his entire career. It took 6,000 hours ...

We'll admit it: We're suckers for ways to reimagine the political boundaries of the United States. Below, we have a four-decade-old attempt from California State University geography professor C ...

Pictorial maps thrived in the United States from the 1920s to the ’60s, says Stephen Hornsby, a professor of geography at the University of Maine and author of a new book, Picturing America: The ...

“Hieroglyphic view of Massachusetts,” from A Hieroglyphic Geography of the United States, Part 1, Anna A. Heermans and Charlotte B. Cogswell, 1875. David Rumsey Map Collection. Advertisement ...

United States President Donald Trump’s executive orders have crept into the realm of digital cartography. Google announced on Monday that its online mapping platform, Google Maps, will change ...