Mapmaking is a huge production these days: Google reportedly has over 1,000 full-time employees and 6,000 contractors working on its digital maps. So it’s easy to forget that detailed maps can be made ...

It all started for Justin Davies — whose TikTok account about trees and woodworking, @justindavies, has amassed 1.2 million followers — about 10 years ago, when he was into trail running. “One day I ...

Americans inhabit an intricately mapped world. Type “Burger King” into an online box, and Google will cough up a dozen nearby options, each keyed to a precise latitude and longitude. But throughout ...