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Maps as useful records, works of art, and ways of seeing the world—from old plats and nautical charts to GIS and imaginative cartography.
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Airborne radar, satellite altimetry, GNSS, gravity, and decades of field surveys reveal the mountains, canyons, lakes, and basins concealed beneath continental ice.
Read ArticleHow compass traverses, celestial observations, Indigenous geographic knowledge, and disciplined field notes shaped the maps of the Corps of Discovery.
How to read title blocks, bearings, monuments, notes, linework, and historical context without mistaking a beautiful drawing for the whole survey.
A history of Chinese land measurement and cartography, from administrative records to gridded maps and Pei Xiu’s enduring principles.
How Korean mapmaking combined administration, routes, regional knowledge, and distinctive cartographic traditions.
Maps have long been a symbol of human curiosity, exploration, and understanding of the world around us. From the earliest depictions of our surroundings etched into…
