River basin map of the contiguous United States Grasshopper Geography A rainbow of tiny furrows spreads across a map of the contiguous United States, the lite-brite hues popping against a black ...

Web developer Jill Hubley’s latest census map (h/t Gothamist) looks like a decorative art piece or collage. (You might remember her previous project documenting New York City’s tree distribution.) ...

Google Maps is testing an updated color palette for the background map layer that will undoubtedly draw some comparisons to Apple Maps. The blue for water is much lighter than before (with some hints ...

Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work covers anything from archaeology and the environment to technology and culture. Tom has a Master's degree in Journalism. His editorial work ...

“Places like a cafe, church, museum or hospital will have a designated color and icon, so that it’s easy to find that type of destination on the map. For example, if you’re in a new neighborhood and ...

In brief: Google this week announced the rollout of new visual improvements that'll bring even more detail and granularity to its popular mapping application. It's not a huge change but when you ...

A new book collects rare images from the short-lived golden age of pictorial mapping. Map-making isn’t always serious business. Between the 1920s and the 1960s, many U.S. artists embraced a form of ...