Cartography has evolved from manual engraving of geospatial features to a fully digital discipline that integrates surveying, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and computer graphics ...

History is often taught as if the mapping of the world began with Europe—Renaissance portolan charts, Mercator projections, imperial surveys—while Africa appears as an unmapped space, known only once ...

This course is the first in a cartography sequence that refines mapping as both a technique of inquiry and a legacy of landscape-making. The objective of Cartography I: Mapmaking is to explore ...

Not all maps chart the Earth’s surface — and the David Rumsey Map Center’s newest exhibition in Green Library proves just that. The exhibit “Above & Below: Cartography Beyond Terrain” opened on Oct. 8 ...

If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...

Critical cartography emerged as a challenge to conventional mapping practices by examining how maps reflect and reinforce power structures, ideological biases and social inequalities. It foregrounds ...