Cartography has always shaped worldview and geopolitics, and often for the worse. So it does in the era of Donald Trump.

Back in the early 1900s, before calculators lived in our pockets, crunching numbers was painstaking work. Adding machines existed, but they weren’t exactly convenient nor cheap. Enter Wilken ...

Chicago's eastern boundary is formed by Lake Michigan, and the city is divided by the Chicago River into three geographic sections: the North Side, the South Side and the West Side. These sections ...

County maps (those that represent the county as a whole rather than focussing on specific areas) present an overview of the wider context in which local settlements and communities developed. Although ...

A valuer was appointed to apportion the agreed rent-charge on each plot of land, in the process of which they drew up the detailed maps and the accompanying awards. Some areas of the county (for ...