Cartography has evolved from the traditional craft of hand‐drawing maps to a data‐intensive, computer‐aided discipline that underpins modern geographic information systems (GIS). This transformation ...

Maps used to be beautiful, when cartography was as much of an art as a science, and dragons were as likely to be waiting on the other side of the world as new spice trades. But as of late, maps have ...

William Rankin’s ‘Radical Cartography’ makes a powerful case against mainstream mapmaking’s creation of an orderly, objective ...

Is it possible to create the “perfect” expression of data on a map? William Rankin doesn’t think so. While most mainstream maps that use a jigsaw-puzzle-like format — solid color shapes separated by ...

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 ...

In an exciting transformation of development strategies, NHA CEO Sunil Kumar Barnwal has spotlighted the impact of digital cartography. During an international conference in Gaya, he outlined how this ...

Forget cartography: Maps also serve humanistic inquiry. When I can't coax students to participate, I'll pull up a map and marvel at their volubility. In fact, I often use Saul Steinberg's famous New ...

Michael Duggan is lecturer in digital culture and technology at Kings College London. He tells Srijana Mitra Das at TE about redrawing the map. Michael Duggan We’re talking about maps but ironically, ...