Mapmaking

US 43 Historic Maps

Friday Eye Candy: Charting Road Maps By Hand

In the days before Google Maps, when AAA TripTiks and Thomas Guides ruled the planet…

January 19, 2018 - National Geographic

Last of the color coding

Four New Map Books Reviewed

Looking for the perfect holiday gift for a planner? Check out these new map books.

December 9, 2015 - New York Times

Mall Map

The Future of Mapping is Going Indoors

Cartographers have a new world to map, as technology opens up the interiors of malls, museums, and other large spaces to online exploration.

November 7, 2015 - Citymetric

River map

Today's Cartographers Are Database Engineers

Modern maps are visual representations of millions of points of standardized data.

October 16, 2015 - The Washington Post - Wonkblog

Exploring the Mental Terrain of Ancient Mapmaking

A new exhibition on Greco-Roman mapmaking at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World in New York examines the relationship between geographic and metaphysical world views.

October 3, 2013 - The New York Times

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Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

Learn the tools for implementing Universal Design in planning regulations.