In ancient maps of the world, expanses of unknown territory might hold a warning to would-be explorers: Here there be monsters. For today's explorers seeking to navigate and understand the world ...

On the North Loess Plateau of China, city civilization, social complexity, and stratification emerged during the Longshan period (3000-2000BCE). Based on Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis ...

Google Maps launched 10 years ago developed by a team of 50, now it has revolutionised the world of digital maps with more than one billion users Ten years ago, a weekend journey to a friend’s wedding ...

Scientists are using cutting-edge technology to map dinosaur tracks Scientists are trying to reconstruct ancient Australian landscapes once roamed by some of the biggest dinosaurs to have ever walked ...

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked. Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator’s projection of the ...

New research suggests efforts to rewild a landscape must take geography and geology into account -- an approach that could be applied globally to help conservation biologists save wild ecosystems.

Everyone knows businesses today are grappling with the explosion of data. What’s less well-known is the value of location data and the intelligence that geospatial analysis can provide business ...