Stealing the maps worth millions: Introducing The Map Thief
We love and care about maps, but some people take things even more seriously. Seriously enough to commit countless crimes, with antiquarian maps fetching hundreds of thousands of pounds. We’ve been...
View ArticleCan we connect selfies and beer drinking?
Maps that show which nations take the most selfies and who drinks the most! We can see where people are more likely to whip out their cameras and snap a selfie. Is there a correlation between selfies...
View ArticleUrban Observatory: Stunning maps comparing global cities
Urban Observatory is a website that lets you compare major cities in a host of different ways. From comparing population density in easy to read and use maps, to checking out average ages or park and...
View ArticleThe challenges and rewards of mapping South-East Asia
A couple of weeks ago, we noted the massive enthusiasm for the HERE Map Creator programme coming out of South East Asia. We’ve talked before about the incredible achievements of Indonesian community...
View ArticleSqueezing countries onto 2D maps: The true size of Africa
Maps do a fantastic job of explaining the world we live in, but did you know that something is always lost in translation when it comes to replicating the shape and size of a country on a 2D map?...
View ArticleIs the best transit map a matter of science or taste?
Tube Map Central is a website dedicated to the history, design and usability of schematic transport maps. The maps themselves are created to make journeys easier, but Max Roberts, the psychologist...
View ArticleWhy are some people better at map reading than others?
Three scientists have just won the Nobel Prize for Medicine for their research into how the brain ‘maps’ the spaces around us. To get behind the headlines, BBC Focus editor Graham Southorn investigates...
View ArticleHERE and CyArk partner to save historic areas – with lasers
History is slipping through our fingers. All the time, precious world heritage sites disappear. Sometimes through natural disasters – floods and earthquakes. Through man-made actions – like arson, war...
View ArticleWhy taxi drivers have bigger brains
Satellite navigation may have revolutionised travel for millions of us around the world, but for one small group of drivers it hasn’t made any difference at all. London black cab drivers are renowned...
View ArticleA car shared removes 17 private vehicles from the road!
Car sharing has been a buzz term in recent years, with millions of people in busy cities around the world opting to rent cars from companies like Zipcar and DriveNow instead of owning their own cars....
View ArticleCity life exposed: The science of bike sharing
Since they first arrived on London’s streets in 2010, the distinctive blue-and-silver bikes of the Barclays Cycle Hire scheme have become a familiar sight around the city. London’s ‘Boris bikes’...
View ArticleNews flash: Updated maps for Android and Windows Phone
It’s time, once again, for you to check for map updates on our mobile and Windows apps: the latest refresh to our map is being released today. As previously, the apps only need to grab the changes to...
View ArticleHow HERE puts the human touch into transit
We all think we know how a transit app works. There’s a map which knows where all the stops and stations are. Then there’s timetable and route information stored in a database. Put the two together...
View ArticleMade in the USA: How people in Fargo make HERE maps
If you’ve used HERE maps, whether on a phone or through an in-car navigation system, you might take for granted the precise location of every stop sign, lane marker and street sign. But HERE maps are a...
View ArticleWhat a compulsive videogame designer brings to HERE maps
At the HERE office in Carlsbad, just north of San Diego, Michael Limber is making new tools for us – tools that allow us to create 3D models of the world using the high-resolution mapping information...
View ArticleThe future of cartography in the 21st Century
How is map-making organised, and its art and science progressed at a global level? Since 1959, the International Cartographic Association (ICACI) has met, discussed and published the work of leading...
View ArticleExploring the urban smellscape with sensory maps
Kate McLean’s rather delightful sensory mapping lets you explore cities around the world by smell, seeing odours turned into visual creations and even reliving some of the smells themselves. We’ve been...
View ArticleCelebrating a HERE veteran – 20 years in digital mapping
Connie Sloots has been working for HERE, and its parents and grandparents, for 20 years. It’s a remarkable record of service and we’re enormously thankful for her work. But more interestingly for our...
View ArticleFuture car guru Brad Templeton says “all options will appear”
Brad Templeton is the director of the Singularity University, and is a self-confessed fan of autonomous cars. Along with writing essays and blogs about driverless vehicles, Brad’s also a consultant for...
View ArticleTo the heart of cartography with the author of ‘On the Map’
Digital maps have changed the way we view the world, putting each and every one of us at the centre of the universe each time we open an app or ask for directions. It’s a fantastic concept, but there’s...
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