Gilbert H. Grosvenor, National Geographic magazine’s founding editor, is credited with saying: A map is the greatest of all epic poems. Its lines and colors show the realization of great dreams.

Kerby is a trained ecologist, geographer and photographer whose career has largely been centered on a quest to understand ...

8 min read This story appears in the September 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The maps here show the world as it is now, with only one difference: All the ice on land has melted and ...

This story appears in the February 2017 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Levin had in mind when they hatched their “food map” series—a collection of country and continent maps ...

This story appears in the July 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... Desceliers produced the illustrated, annotated map, full of geographic features both real and imagined.

National Geographic has always been at the forefront ... 1967 orbiter missions to create the February 1969 hand-­painted map—considered the best reference at the time. Our newest version ...

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

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.

Brush up on your knowledge of Yellowstone's geography with this interactive version of National Geographic's Trails Illustrated map Yellowstone National Park MapPlanning a Yellowstone trip?

MapGuides take the form of websites, print maps, and mobile apps, developed by National Geographic in partnership with local organizations and individuals. Geotourism MapGuides have been published ...