Using Stingrays to Map the Ocean Floor
One research lab in Japan is looking at using marine life to collect 3D geospatial data about the ocean floor.
Latitude and Longitude
Learn more about lines you see on a map running east-west and north-south called latitude and longitude.
Review | The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps
When you finish this delight of a book, you feel that the history of the mapping of Rome can stand as the very paradigm of the history of pre-digital cartography itself.
Review: Time in Maps
Time in Maps is a sumptuously-illustrated large-sized book that serves as a celebration of the development of GIS.
New “Map Projections for Babies” Board Book Helps Encourage Early Communication and Learning
Dan Ford explains how support from the geospatial community will help bring the “Map Projections for Babies” board book to life.
Earliest Known Map Showing Florida
Published in 1511, the first map to show the peninsula of Florida is also a map of other firsts.
How to View Animated Satellite Imagery of the California Wildfires
Users can quickly make animations of the California wildfires using imagery from NOAA’s GOES-West satellite.
Map of the World’s Forest Sounds
Sounds of the Forest is a web map that showcases sounds recorded from woodlands and forests from around the world.
Track Real-Time Air Pollution With this Crowdsourced Map
One way to track air quality at the local level is by visiting PurpleAir, an interactive map that pulls in crowdsourced data.
First Published Map of Wales
Humphrey Llwyd developed the first map focused on Wales which was published in 1573.
Google Adds Near Real-time Wildfire Boundaries to Search and Maps
Google pulls data from NOAA’s GOES satellites to map out wildfire boundaries.
Linking Geological Events to Aboriginal Oral Tradition and Stories
Recent findings about the existence of human civilization dating back 50,000 years suggests major geological events have been described in Aboriginal oral tradition and stories.
Magnetometers and Navigation
A new form of magnet being developed is aiming to make magnetometers not only provide direction of travel but also precise location information.
Time-lapse Photo of the International Space Station Passing in Front of the Sun
NASA photographer Joel Kowsky was able to capture this time-lapse photograph of the International Space Station (ISS) as it passed between the Earth and the Sun.