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National Geographic cartographers fill a key map gap on the North American Continental Divide and pay tribute to the Father of American Mapmaking A portion of the Trails Illustrated Wind River Range ...

Wwomen have always been part of the mapping landscape, bit their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked.

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Jack Dangermond started his working life at his parents’ plant nursery in Redlands. Now, Forbes says, he’s a billionaire. Dangermond is founder and president of Esri, one of the world’s leading ...

Do you know who is called the father of geography? Find out how Eratosthenes measured the Earth's circumference and created ...