which evolved into today’s National Geographic Maps. As in the past, our cartographers continue to illustrate the world around us through the art and science of mapmaking. We adhere to this long ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... was documented—in Tuscany.” For their map of the United States (above), Hargreaves and Levin chose as their ...

Once this photolettering process was refined, it was applied to our United States map supplement in the May 1933 National Geographic. Shortly thereafter, Society cartographer Charles E.

ByRyan Morris and Ryan Williams This story appears in the August 2019 issue of National Geographic ... researchers to create maps of urban heat islands across the United States.