It’s hard to imagine, but less than 200 years ago, Boston was surrounded by water. The city was basically an island, connected to the rest of the state only through a tiny spit of land. Neighborhoods ...

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It is a scene that feels straight out of fiction, the jumping-off point for a fable. In the bowels of a building at a London university, a curious professor opens a turquoise door that reads “Map Room ...

South Korea is nearing a decision on whether to allow Google and Apple to export high-resolution geographic map data to servers outside the country. The detailed maps, which use a 1:5,000 scale, would ...

Think you’re pretty good at geography? You’re in the right place because this time we’re putting your U.S. state knowledge to the test. Everyone knows there are 50 states in the U.S. (at least we hope ...

If you use Excel 40 hours a week (and those are the weeks you are on vacation), welcome to the MrExcel channel. Home to 2,400 free Excel tutorials. Bill "MrExcel" Jelen is the author of 67 books about ...

Our first in-house map was produced during World War I. By the Second World War, the White House was asking for them by name. National Geographic Society maps supply a backdrop for a meeting between ...

Carlos Ferrás Sexto does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...

Stephanie Brown has received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). Manuel Eisner does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization ...

It's crazy to think people once believed the earth was flat. One step too far and you'd be sent tumbling into the depths of the abyss of who knows what or where. Thanks to the explorers who came ...