“I have an 18-month-old kid, so for the first time I’ve been thinking about schools and where we should live and should we buy a house,” says Hashemi, CEO of the online mapping platform Felt.

From user-friendly mobile apps like Travelboast and TravelAnimator to web-based tools like Pictramap and advanced software like SmartSHOW 3D, there’s an option for everyone. Each tool offers unique ...

Trying to understand how a map relates to what’s on the ground can be tricky. It requires the brain to do a lot of stuff that it doesn’t customarily do on a day-to-day basis. (This is one of the ...