As someone who loves geography and particularly maps, I've had various maps on my walls for years, allowing for closer study and decoration that is both beautiful and educational. Some maps can be ...

National Geographic cartographers fill a key map gap on the North American Continental Divide and pay tribute to the Father of American Mapmaking A portion of the Trails Illustrated Wind River Range ...

Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams. This ...

Colorado's weather can be confusing, and not just from a forecasting standpoint. Storm forecasts usually include geographical or "pseudo-geographical" features, as the National Weather Service office ...

What do you think of when you see the words "Microsoft Excel?" For many, it's "cells," "numbers," and "formulas." However, there's much more to the program than that! You can also create stunning 3D ...

Back when mapmaking was still a fledgling profession in the U.S., cartographers had a trick up their sleeves: they would insert fake towns into the maps they drew. Not to screw up travelers trying to ...

To what extent can an individual's geographical origin be predicted from their genotype? Two new studies show that, for Europeans, there is an impressive correlation between genetic and geographical ...