When a meteorite fell on Russia in February this year, surprising many in the city of Chelyabinsk and the rest of the world, several questions arose: How often does this happen? When was the last time ...

Discover MapTiler, the cutting-edge mapping software, and services designed for developers to build custom digital maps with ease. Whether you need maps for a small internal project or an extensive ...

There’s always something going on in the field of data visualization, but until recently it was only something that people in the field noticed. To the outside world, beyond perhaps an occasional ...

DeepSeek R1, the latest large language model to be creating a stir with its outstanding open source performance, is reshaping how you can approach complex tasks such as mapping and data visualization.

Virtual globes have emerged as a powerful platform for the integration, visualisation and analysis of large-scale geospatial datasets. By combining sophisticated rendering techniques with advances in ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about the broad intersection of data and society. One of the most powerful ways through which we convey the results of ...

The social geolocation service Foursquare created this data visualization of a week's worth of check-ins around the world. They color-code different categories of locations, like nightlife and ...

Did you recently read an article, report, or scientific paper and think, ‘I wish there was a picture or diagram showing this information, instead of a lengthy description’? Written text is often full ...

Global Forest Watch has launched a new fellowship for people working to reduce deforestation within 23 countries in South America, Central Africa, and Southeast Asia. The July-December 2018 fellowship ...

Creative geographic visualization is situated at the intersection of geography, arts, and digital humanities. It emphasizes forms of visualization and mapping that preserve, represent, and generate ...