What Was the First Map Issued by the Ordnance Survey?
The first Ordnance Survey map was issued in 1801.
Ten Reasons Why Spatial Data Quality Matters More Now Than Ever
Geographer Josephy Kerski writes about 10 key reasons why geospatial data quality matters.
What is a Cartifact?
A cartifact is an object containing a map that is used primarily for design rather than as a source of information.
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.
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.