Maps and Cartography

Map fan from China: Da Qing yi tong er shi san sheng yu di quan tu, 1890. Source: Library of Congress.

Maps on Fans

January 29, 2021January 28, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Maps can be found on a variety of items, including hand fans.

Southern stingray (Dasyatis americana), U.S. Virgin Islands, St. Croix. Photo: NOAA CCMA Biogeography Team, public domain.

Using Stingrays to Map the Ocean Floor

January 13, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

One research lab in Japan is looking at using marine life to collect 3D geospatial data about the ocean floor.

Lines of latitude. Image: Djexplo - Wikimedia Commons, public domain

Latitude and Longitude

July 9, 2021January 3, 2021 by Caitlin Dempsey

Learn more about lines you see on a map running east-west and north-south called latitude and longitude.

Cover of 'The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps"

Review | The Eternal City: A History of Rome in Maps

December 21, 2020 by G.T. Dempsey

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

February 24, 2021December 13, 2020 by G.T. Dempsey

Time in Maps is a sumptuously-illustrated large-sized book that serves as a celebration of the development of GIS.

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