Where once they were done under the quill of cartographers, maps today are made by satellite. But Slovakian designer Martin Vargic’s maps are different. Although they herald back to the glory days of ...

Google Maps, the tech giant's GPS app, has a new look that's drawing the ire of some users — including a former Google designer who said she worked on the app in its early days. Last week, Google ...

Elizabeth Laraki, a former Google Maps designer, criticized the new design of the app, stating that it feels colder, less accurate, and less human. She believes that the amount of elements obscuring ...

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Some of the map designs that made our shortlist: Dr John Snow's cholera map (background) and maps ...

You may not recognize his face, but you definitely know the work of Lance Wyman: The 74-year-old graphic designer and graduate of the Pratt Institute has traveled the world for his projects, which ...

In a constantly changing city, it's impressive to realize that New Yorkers have had essentially the same subway map for almost 30 years. The current map varies only in detail from the one that Michael ...

First launched in 2005, Google Maps has helped hundreds of millions of people plot billions of trips worldwide. It’s one of the most indispensable Internet services available: more than 54% of all ...

Google Maps has a new look — and some users of the GPS app don't appear to like it. A former Google Maps designer said the app's new color palette felt "colder" and "less human." Other Maps users said ...

Michael Hertz, the graphic designer who helped make the New York City subway system legible for over 4 million riders a day, has passed away. He was 87. Hertz’s son Eugene confirmed his death, telling ...