“Globes have a very low survival rate,” explained Ian Fowler, director of the Osher Map Library (OML) at the University of Southern Maine. Made to be touched and spun, globes wear down over the years, ...

Sixty-five to seventy percent of the automotive market is served by a company few outside the industry have heard of, but one that makes a monumental impact on drivers' daily journeys. For 40 years, ...

In the past six months, states including Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have launched multimillion-dollar initiatives to correct and digitize school maps and get them in the hands of local ...

The National Endowment for the Humanities has awarded the University of Chicago Library, in partnership with the Newberry Library and the Chicago History Museum, a grant to digitize historical maps of ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (AP) — At his desk, in a corner of an office on the main level of the Woodbury County Courthouse, Ron Koch has history sitting out. Or, rather, straightening out. A geographic ...

MADISON, Wis. -- The Madison Metropolitan School District is hoping to make its schools easier to navigate for first responders in the event of any emergencies by bringing the building maps into the ...

HONOLULU (Island News) -- You’re probably familiar with iMaps or Google Maps. Now, the state is working to do something similar. But instead of helping people get directions, it will help landowners ...

Recently the National Archives has completed digitizing maps prepared by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers during the Civil War. One of these, a military map of Cape Girardeau, appeared years ago, but ...

At least 22 states have invested in digitizing maps of K-12 public schools for law enforcement agencies to use during emergencies such as mass shootings. Iowa, New Jersey, Virginia and Wisconsin have ...