Recent headlines have drawn attention to naming conventions and mapping technology. But maps have always been political, experts say.

City timelapses and hyperlapses from around the world. This is a collection of my favorite cityscape timelapses from over the ...

The world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurate. Newly discovered fragments of 2,200-year-old star coordinates—once thought lost—reveal the incredible skill of the ancient ...

Excerpt: Rare World War II maps reveal Japan's Pearl Harbor strategy. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked Pearl Harbor. Maps, both historic and newly created by National Geographic, ...

If AI can pinpoint a location from a single photo, it’s going to be harder than ever for photographers to safeguard hidden ...