Well, here's something you don't see every day: all 2.75 billion buildings of the world shown together in a single 3D map.

An interactive map made using GIS showing the rise in fuel prices by percentage displayed where they occur by major highway networks. Maps like this enable us to visualize socioeconomic challenges in ...

A Newsweek map shows the world’s 100 largest cities by population, according to updated United Nations data —including the only two U.S. metropolises to make the cut: New York and Los Angeles.

The total area of the planet that is covered in coral reefs is larger than previously thought, according to the most comprehensive high-resolution assessment of the world’s corals to date. Shallow ...

Maps are used to explore the world, but they also offer exploration within their own boundaries. The writer Rebecca Solnit once said in an interview: “Maps invite us to locate ourselves in relation to ...

GPS and airborne light detection and ranging (lidar) have revolutionized archaeology. In just a little more than a decade, dozens of previously hidden cities and settlements have been discovered under ...