The incredible variety of landscapes on Earth has kept explorers busy for centuries. Even now that virtually all of the land has been mapped, the most extreme locations on the planet—highest, lowest, ...

Cartographers rely on the authority of maps to communicate locations, guide navigation at sea, and shape people’s perceptions ...

Google has released a new version of their very cool desktop map and geography software, Google Earth (Release 4 beta), with the addition of featured content from the likes of National Geographic, the ...

Do you know who is called the father of geography? Find out how Eratosthenes measured the Earth's circumference and created ...

Google Earth is getting a new content creation feature set. You'll now be able to make presentations using Google's vast 3D Earth imagery and point-of-interest information. It's sort of like a ...