On the Map author Simon Garfield speaks with NPR's Steve Inskeep about the history of maps, how they can be used as political tools, and how GPS and modern mapping applications are changing the ...

THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD Simon Winchester, , read by the author. . HarperAudio, $34.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-694-52271-2 ...

In “On the Map,” Simon Garfield delves into the wonders of map making.

And then we have people making maps for the sheer fun of it. In that category is Simon Schuetz’s Kickstarter project to create a global “bucket list” map, filling in the borders of the world ...

Demographer Simon Kuestenmacher has created a world map starkly highlighting how one-sixth of Australia has a lower life expectancy, despite being in a rich country.

Maps, says Garfield, are "not defined certainty, but the opposite – the mystery, and the life-enhancing possibility of discovery". It's such generosity of spirit that makes this a great book.

The Berlin-based artist Simon Weckert came up with a physical intervention to digitally hack Google Maps's real time algorithm.

“An Occupation of Loss,” Taryn Simon’s world premiere performance at the Park Avenue Armory in New York, is billed as a thoroughly-researched survey on how the world grieves. For the project ...

Police were unable to find a missing body for 18 months because they used incorrect Google Maps data, an inquiry has found. Darrell Simon went missing in November 2014, 50 miles west of Brisbane ...

Simon Garfield. Gotham, $27.50 (448p) ISBN 978-1-592-40779-8 Innumerable modes of seeing the world unfold in this exuberant history of maps.

A map tells you what’s important to the person who designed it. He starts off by telling us about the Facebook map of the world. Some parts look clearly etched; others appear to be missing.