Nation Feb 17 How Black activists have long used mapmaking to document culture and racism in the U.S. By Joshua F.J. Inwood, Derek H. Alderman, The Conversation
Health Mar 05 MAP: Watch how COVID-19 traveled the world Watch novel coronavirus spread from a single Chinese province to countries around the globe. By Courtney Vinopal, Megan McGrew
Science Jan 09 Why we still need paper maps "Maps can take you places that you wouldn’t think to go," said Betsy Mason, coauthor of the book "All Over the Map: A Cartographic Odyssey."… By Vicky Stein
World Jan 29 Watch 5:10 How GPS exercise data can reveal sensitive military locations GPS data created by millions of people who use mobile devices or apps to track their exercise might also be revealing sensitive national security information. A 20-year-old Australian student discovered the locations of bases where military forces and intelligence services… By PBS News Hour
Nation Oct 01 Volunteers are helping Puerto Rico from home, with a map anyone can edit While island officials continued to call for aid this week, organizations delivering relief are asking for help with a lesser-known resource: map data. By Corinne Segal
May 26 This map is helping Ecuador’s earthquake relief efforts By Nadja Drost, Bruno Frederico A project called Mapping Ecuador is allowing people to pinpoint hospitals, shelters and other key places in the South American country’s earthquake recovery. Continue reading
Jan 06 Watch 1:03 The 20-year effort to draw a map unearthing Alaska’s treasures By PBS News Hour In our NewsHour Shares moment of the day, the U.S. Geological Survey released its first-ever digital map of Alaska, revealing thousands of geological details that can be used to contribute to new scientific assessments of the northern-most state. Continue watching
Apr 24 Watch 5:36 How maps packed with data help scientists fight malaria By PBS News Hour High-tech maps may help researchers understand and predict disease outbreaks like malaria, an illness that kills between 600,000 and 1 million people each year. Scientists have begun using temperatures, rainfall patterns and other data to better target areas most at… Continue watching