From The National Interest, a review of The Revenge of Geography: What the Map Tells Us About Coming Conflicts and the Battle Against Fate by Robert D. Kaplan. Maps never come without baggage: A review of A History of the World in Twelve Maps by Jerry Brotton (and more). How Google and Apple's digital mapping is mapping us: Digital maps on smartphones are brilliantly useful tools, but what sort of information do they gather about us — and how do they shape the way we look at the world? How Google Earth changed the world: As Amazon and Apple race to break a mapping monopoly, Tim Walker charts the rise and uncertain future of a cartographical masterpiece. William Beutler creates Infinite Atlas — a pretty, Google Maps-powered annotated guide to Boston and surrounding area — and Infinite Map, a 24" x 36" poster of O.N.A.N. (the Organization of North American Nations that encompasses the United States, Canada, and Mexico). From Strange Maps, Frank Jacobs on Germany’s equators. A look at how transit users trust distorted subway maps way too much. Nicholas Baldo on geographical illiteracy in Civilization V. It’s a small (and cartographically incorrect) world after all.
