Those giant maps gathering dust in the corner of your favorite outdoor store have finally been brought into the 21st century. National Geographic‘s new service, launched last week on their Maps site, ...

Some people like to carry a bunch of paper maps into the backcountry, so they can identify the peaks they're looking at. Not to mention avoiding getting lost. Buying printed topographic maps (the ones ...

Apple appears to be gearing up to add topographic maps to the Apple Maps apps in iOS 18, macOS 15, and visionOS 2, according to code reviewed by MacRumors. First introduced with watchOS 10, ...

Now you've got one less excuse not to venture into the wilderness. National Geographic just launched a website that lets you find and print a PDF of any U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) quad map across ...

With iOS 18, iPhone users can download hikes or create their own in Apple's mapping app. Here's how to find your next route, and stay on track even when there's no cell signal. I've written for ...

A few months ago we showed you Matt Fox’s excellent topographic maps of New Zealand, which were quite impressive. Over the years he’s had many requests to create similar maps with seamless USGS ...

After several months of beta testing, Nokia Maps 2.0 is available as a free download from the Nokia website. Also available from the Nokia Maps site is the Nokia Map Loader application for Windows PCs ...

Cell service is something we take for granted, until it's gone. Both Verizon and AT&T have had nationwide network outages ...

Windows 10 has added the ability to store offline maps on your computer or phone for access even without an Internet connection. You can probably guess the advantages to keeping a few offline maps in ...