(Data West Research Agency definition: see GIS glossary.) A map that displays the spatial distribution of an attribute that relates to a single topic, theme, or subject of discourse. Usually, a ...

The modern concept of map "layers," from weather to traffic, rests upon centuries of experimentation in what makes an intuitive and informative graphic. Opening on Aug. 24 in the main exhibition ...

Periodically during the last three years since Google Earth was released, some talented developer gets the Google Earth bug and develops a wave of cool stuff. Right now, the guy with the most momentum ...

This is the ninth in our series on the Google earth plugin. Today we are looking at the Thematic Mapping Api and an example product based on it called Earth Atlas 3D. The Thematic Mapping Api was ...

What happens when you map one dataset dozens of different ways? That’s the exercise in Kenneth Field’s new book, Thematic Mapping: 101 Inspiring Ways to Visualise Empirical Data, in which every map ...

The Director General, Nigeria Mining Cadastre Office, Ministry of Solid Minerals, Obadiah Nkom, has assured stakeholders in the mining sector that maps to help mitigate the clash of interest in areas ...

The Dag Hammarskjöld Library has roughly 8000 UN authored maps in its collection. This map collection is unique in its scope, relating to the work of the United Nations through the decades. The ...