A few months ago, John Keefe wrote a Poynter.org How To about using shapefiles. The power of the shapefile, he wrote, is the ability to refer to regions instead of points. But what if your data has ...

You’re wandering in the woods, looking for a secret that environmental clues have indicated is in the area. You pull out your map. It is unhelpfully vague, includes no topographical features, and you ...

One of the key features of Google Maps navigation is the spoken directions, which allow users to follow a suggested route without looking at the screen. The voice guidance is integral to the ...

R has some excellent mapping options. There is the leaflet R package, which I use when I want to do a lot of customization. There is tmap, which I like for its nice balance between power and ease of ...

As most teachers will tell you, in the post-Covid world, technology is an everyday part of education. It has undeniably transformed the way educators engage students and deliver content. As an ...