Picture of the Day: Typographic Maps. By Nicholas Jackson. November 17, 2010. Share. Save. These maps were created by cartography company Axis Maps using only typography.

The US Geological Survey estimates almost 75% of the country is at risk from earthquakes (Picture: USGS/NSHM) Hundreds of millions of Americans are at risk from damaging earthquakes, with a new ...

On most Atlas maps of the United States, geographic landmarks have a standardized appearance. Mountain ranges show up as shaded topographies, lakes as blobs of blue, rivers as thin snaking ...

Apple Maps’ built-in ratings and photos system is rolling out to the US and Canada, letting users add their own information to points of interest on the map (via MacRumors).The system uses a ...

Fact check: Photos of Hawaii lighthouse don't disprove sea-level rise Our rating: False. Based on our research, we rate FALSE the claim that an image shows a map of the U.S. in 30 years if climate ...

Mapping technology is infinitely better than it used to be, but satellites and LiDAR can never recapture the craft that went into making old-school US Geological Survey Maps. Instead, graphic ...

This is a startlingly self-explanatory image from Google Maps of Hyde Park in Chicago. Thanks to David Biello and Mark Hogan for bringing it to our attention. View more Pictures of the Day. Alexis ...