American mapmaking’s most prestigious honor is the “Best of Show” award at the annual competition of the Cartography ... United States of America” may look like any other U.S. wall map.

In October 2021, a map started circulating on social media along with the claim that it shows what the United States would look ... was created to satisfy some cartographic curiosity after the ...

The U.S. Coast Survey map calculated the number of slaves in each county in the United States in 1860 ... At a glance, the viewer could see the large-scale patterns of the economic system that ...

“The overall effect is to portray the scale ... cartography.” “Fearsome critters and mythical monsters abound in the United States,” according to Chelsea Nestel’s map, Monsters of ...

Visualizing such a world is a favorite past time of graphic designer Jordan Penny, who has spent the better part of a decade combining his love of history, art, and cartography to explore ...

Created using data from the United States Geological ... in the Americas. The map would be a nightmare for any cross-country road trip, but it could sure work well as cartography art hanging ...