National Geographic has been producing thematic maps for decades, revealing not just physical features but also location-based details on cultures, history, wildlife, science, and more. Now, a ...

Forget about learning the state capitals, at least, as the sum total of your knowledge of geography. “Geography is about meaning, not knowing place names and memorizing lists — that was school ...

A group of historians and ASU professors gathered Thursday evening in the Memorial Union on the Tempe campus to discuss the modern significance of geographical boundaries changing since the 16th ...

Google's latest launch suggests Maps is becoming more than a navigation tool, as the company announces three new public APIs covering solar, air quality, and pollen data and predictions to address the ...

When linguist Lauren Gawne roams the valleys of Nepal documenting endangered Tibetan languages, she takes pains to distinguish each dialect's geographical origin. But when it came to producing maps of ...

Would a place by any other name smell as sweet? Maybe. But how would you find it on a map? The U.S. Board on Geographic Names (BGN) has spent the past 125 years making sure that’s not an issue. By ...

As the oldest journal in the United States devoted exclusively to geography and the leading journal of geography for the past 150 years, the Geographical Review contains original and authoritative ...

My fascination with maps began during my grade school days when I became obsessed with reading historical fiction books and books about other countries. This led me to try to locate other countries ...