Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a ...

With today’s access to apps that have GPS tracking along mapped routes, a large population of outdoor recreationists finds themselves unfamiliar with how to read a good ol’ paper topographic map.

A detailed representation of a landscape, created by the United States Geological Survey, and a rare example of something every bit as beautiful as it is useful. The charts were the brainchild of ...

SANTA CLARA, CA – May 8, 2012 – Magellan, a leader of innovative GPS devices for vehicles, outdoor and mobile navigation, today announced the availability of National Geographic's TOPO!, the most ...

Those giant maps gathering dust in the corner of your favorite outdoor store have finally been brought into the 21st century. National Geographic‘s new service, launched last week on their Maps site, ...

An instrument aboard the Terra satellite has generated the most complete digital topographic map of the Earth ever made, covering 99% of the planet The most complete digital topographic map of the ...

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A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...

A new high resolution digital dataset and map—named Itiner-e—of roads throughout the Roman Empire around the year 150 CE is presented in research published in Scientific Data. The findings increase ...

When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...