This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. We humans have a tendency to carve up our cities into “the ...

On the East Coast, where people "don't have a good idea of what the rest of the country looks like," it's helpful, in conversation, to have a map. So Glen Lindeke drew one. Now his maps (two, in fact) ...

Last month, I asked Slate readers to send me their hand-drawn maps. The request was part of my series on signs, the tools that professionals use to orient us and direct us from point A to point B. But ...

BOSTON, Sept 13 (Reuters Life) - As high-tech mapping services such as Garmin, Google and MapQuest make finding directions easier than ever, a new movement has revived interest in maps made by hand, ...

Cartographic excellence can sometimes come second to visual storytelling. “Maps and memories are bound together; a little as songs and love affairs are,” writes Adam Gopnik in the preface to ...

The brain holds space for a missing limb, even years after it’s gone. For three women who underwent planned hand amputations, brain scans revealed remarkably durable maps of hand areas, lasting for ...

Those of you who follow me on Twitter or Instagram (@PGLocal4) periodically see me post one of my hand-analyzed maps…I usually do this if an impactful storm is approaching. There’s a lot of interest ...

With 2020 behind us, Keith Myrmel wants folks to get outside and go hiking — and he’s made maps of some of the best trails in the Upper Midwest. The Arden Hills cartographer, who’s sold thousands of ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... LOVELAND, Colo.—If you’ve ever gone skiing at an unfamiliar resort without getting lost, chances are you have James Niehues to thank. Niehues, 65, is the man ...