Do you have a simple way to understand reality? This essay invites you to consider a helpful way to classify the things in the world, called the “1 + 4 + 1” map. Let’s begin by separating what exists ...

Maps are no longer just about navigating roads and borders, since they are increasingly being used as storytelling tools as ...

A new online mapping platform offers spatial data, mapping tools, hosting space, and advice/consulting services to help increase transparency in land use decision-making. Map for Environment was ...

Downtown San Francisco is a tale of two street grids. They converge on Market Street, or in Herb Caen's words, "That obtuse angle that no traffic plan can ever solve." Geoff Boeing, a Ph.D student at ...