Google today said that it’s open-sourced Cartographer, a library for mapping movement in space in both 2D and 3D. the technology works with the open source Robot Operating System (ROS), which makes ...

How can maps fight racism and inequality? The work of the Black Panther Party, a 1960s- and 1970s-era Black political group featured in a new movie and a documentary, helps illustrate how cartography ...

Cartography has evolved from the traditional craft of hand‐drawing maps to a data‐intensive, computer‐aided discipline that underpins modern geographic information systems (GIS). This transformation ...

If you have been following the development of Google Maps over the years, you are probably familiar with the Trekker, the backpack that includes a complete Street View camera setup for mapping ...

If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Google has an unusually high interest in strapping small computers to people’s bodies in the name of ...

Series Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- Pedestrians and Cartographers -- Top-Down or Bottom-Up? -- Choice of Artworks -- Structure of the Book -- 1. Psychogeography: The Politics of Applied ...

A cartographer that created maps for senior policy makers at the National Counterterrorism Center wants to map out your next hunt or backpacking trip. Ben Harshyne and his wife Kate Harshyne took a ...

Recently I was perusing the maps as we prepared to head to Stately Willard Manor West. It’s out there near the “Left Coast.” Basically, we drive down and turn right. Those directions seem to make ...