Cartography

This slideshow from Slate explores some of the strangest maps in history.

These maps are distorted to emphasize areas with higher populations. Check out the warped US and bloated Australia.

MIT researcher Jeffrey Warren has just released the latest version of Cartagen, a software platform for interactive mapping. Julia Galef takes a look.

Cartographer Mark Newman's new book, 'The Atlas of the Real World', includes maps that show more than just 'how many acres there are in a country.' Malaria cases and health care spending per capita are among some of Newman's unconventional maps.