National Geographic has announced it is participating in the Google Maps Engine public data program and will be sharing over 500 maps with the public by putting them online. The maps will include ...

American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography and Geographic Information Society. The five most recent winners were all maps ...

Editor's note: Juan José Valdés is National Geographic's geographer and director of editorial and research for National Geographic Maps. Google this week unveiled its first detailed maps of North ...

Illuminated from behind, these interactive maps could transport a schoolhouse into the expanse of space. Part of a geographical study kit produced in 1887, this chart shows the sun, moon, and stars.

National Geographic announced Tuesday that it is officially recognizing the body of water surrounding the Antarctic as the Earth's fifth ocean: the Southern Ocean. The change marks the first time in ...