Garmin International's update is described as a significant addition to an already extensive database of detailed lake cartography, new features have been added to provide unparalleled detail to the ...

Mark Harrower recalls a raging debate in his field in the 1970s, when some geographers worried that commercial map-making software would trigger the demise of cartography. The argument went like this: ...

Wikipedia killed the encyclopedia business, in print and online, as it's hard to make a revenue model work that involves paying people to create content when there are hordes of enthusiastic experts ...

Map-making software that learns from the choices made by a human cartographer could dramatically speed up the creation of useful maps. Creating maps from aerial photographs is time-consuming and must ...