A map is not merely a depiction of the boundaries between modern nation-states ... This ancient piece of cartography, etched onto the clay surface, provides a rare glimpse into the geographical ...

After 40 years of work, the History of Cartography project is coming to a close. But with evolving modern technology and cultural perceptions about maps, UW researchers claim cartographers’ work is ...

“Trying to define what a map is is pretty difficult,” says Hessler. And he would know. As a specialist in modern cartography and GIS at the Library of Congress, Hessler spends a lot of his ...

The original “Statistical Atlas of the United States,” based on the 1870 census and published in 1874, was part of a revolution in cartography ... some cases the modern maps look very ...

Leading the way to treasures, new lands, and helping us to see our place in the world The art and science of making maps is called cartography and it's changed a lot over the years. In the old ...

"Cartography now seems like a lost art in an age of digitally enhanced satellite imagery," says designer Evan Bare, who recently did his part to bring the art of the map back into the public eye ...

Running until February 24, the exhibition not only follows the evolution of Chinese navigation and cartography ... antique maps and charts, which, he points out, still influence modern ...

Cartography, the science of making accurate maps, was still in its infancy during ... better understood as extensions of medieval than as modern ways of conceptualizing and representing space.