PITTSBURGH—Cindy Brewer seemed to attract a small crowd everywhere she went at a recent cartography conference here. If she sat, students and colleagues milled around, waiting for a chance to talk to ...

"Big Data" and "social media" are today's biggest buzzwords. But beyond their trendiness as topics, Big Data and social media also allow everyday people to share their voices and stories, to ...

I'm a longtime Google Maps user, even I have trouble navigating the app sometimes. It's not about Google's massive redesign from last year that angered most people. I'm fine with the new colors and ...

Public transport maps are easy to take for granted but surprisingly difficult to master; conveying a mass of data in one simple design is no easy task. Veteran graphic designer and transit map ...