MYSTERIOUS ‘BLOBS’ lurking beneath the Earth’s surface could be responsible for the cataclysmic volcanic eruptions that ...

You might think you know all the continents, but what about Zealandia? In 2017, a previously unknown contingent of the shores ...

Tom PattersonThe Equal Earth map projection. An accurate world map is something that has evaded cartographers for centuries. But this new design just might make distorted maps a thing of the past ...

IGIS Tech Notes describe workflows and techniques for using geospatial science and technologies in research and extension. They are works in progress, and we welcome feedback and comments below.

Yes, we've been able to time-travel around our cities and previous homes for years now on Google Maps, but Google Earth feels ...

For the service's 20th anniversary, Google was inspired by a social media trend from last year in which people shared ...

In 2007, two years after Google Earth was launched, it partnered with the US Holocaust Memorial Museum to map the Darfur genocide in real time. This was the sort of thing Gore had in mind for his ...

First created in the 7th century, the Christian orbis terrarum (circle of the Earth) maps, known for visual reasons as ‘T-and-O’ maps, included only the northern hemisphere.

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth June 29 that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

Google Earth and Google Maps have long had search boxes, but you couldn't find much. Typing in "pizza New York," for example, brought up links to sites that Google itself had generated, ...