On the left, Google Maps pinpoints a business’s location as well as a small inset image to open up Street View for a look around the area. On the right, when you open the information card, you ...

It is difficult to separate the point symbols from the scanned topographic maps accurately, which brings challenges for the recognition of the point symbols. In this paper, based on the framework of ...

Imagine being able to plan road construction, protect farmland from floods, or respond faster to disasters, all by looking at a map. That is now possible in the country, thanks to new digital ...

Bernard Hubbard didn’t set out to map minerals. As a geology PhD student at UB, he used satellite and airborne instruments to study volcanoes from above. Later, as a research geologist with the United ...

Since 2011, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) has uploaded 190,000 scans of historical USGS topographic maps made between 1884 and 2006.

The major upgrade for Apple Maps with iOS 18 is topographic hiking trails (same with iPadOS 18, watchOS 11, and macOS Sequoia). New features include detailed planning and guidance for custom hikes ...

OFFICIAL large-scale maps are available for comparatively few parts of the world outside western and central Europe, including the British Isles, the eastern United States, India, much of Burma ...

Topographic maps in iOS 18 (Image credit: Apple) Apple's library of topographic maps leans heavily on U.S. National Parks, with all 63 of the parks now represented in the app.

At WWDC 2024, Apple Maps for iOS received an update that will please outdoorsy types and, perhaps, geologists: topographic maps. Apple Maps now includes an option to view topography — similar to ...

A first-ever study from the U.S. Geological Survey found roughly 40 percent of groundwater contains lithium above EPA's health reference level.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — A new study by Brown University researchers may help redefine how scientists map the surface of the Moon, making the process more streamlined and precise than ...