This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Just like in journalism, the first thing one ...

For millennia, maps have held talismanic powers, helping to form spatial concepts and advance exploration. They have shaped geopolitical ideas, triggered international disputes and created pictures of ...

Cartography is the art of drawing or making maps. Before we had satellites in the sky map making was more an art than a science.Charts, if you may, captured the imaginations of those who sailed the ...

Each piece at Rainforest Custom tells a story. The day I visited Dean Graber’s woodworking shop in the barn at Don Abel’s, the showroom hosted a 173-year-old piano, its top taken off and inner ...

If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...

Cartography is the study of maps and everything associated with them. However, in the recent times, the way maps are made and used has undergone massive change. Gone are the days of physical ...