Justin Madron’s map of demographic change in the early American South grapples with the movements of enslaved, free, and Indigenous people after America’s founding. For this Behind the Map, Madron, ...

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Additionally, I utilized Adobe for ArcGIS [ArcGIS Maps for Adobe Creative Cloud] to create a vintage-style map. These tools helped me seamlessly blend the technical precision of cartography with ...

To see the writing, researchers photographed the 6- by 4-foot map under 12 frequencies of light, from ultraviolet to infrared. Advanced imaging tools and layering techniques provided the necessary ...

Geospatial representation and analysis uses geographic information systems, or GIS, to map, visualize ... maps and GPS responsive tools. Topic areas here include cartography, geomatics, surveying ...