A few months ago, John Keefe wrote a Poynter.org How To about using shapefiles. The power of the shapefile, he wrote, is the ability to refer to regions instead of points. But what if your data has ...

One of the key features of Google Maps navigation is the spoken directions, which allow users to follow a suggested route without looking at the screen. The voice guidance is integral to the ...

Google has unveiled a new set of AI-powered tools for Google Maps Platform that enables developers to create interactive, map-based projects in minutes, using natural‑language prompts rather than ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...

You’re wandering in the woods, looking for a secret that environmental clues have indicated is in the area. You pull out your map. It is unhelpfully vague, includes no topographical features, and you ...