Geologic map and sections of Manhattan Island, State of New York (1898) (all images via New York Public Library Map Division) One of the more intriguing items is a geologic map of Manhattan from 1898, ...

“From one urban explorer to another,” wrote author Becky Cooper in our copy of her new book, Mapping Manhattan: A Love (and Sometimes Hate) Story in Maps by 75 New Yorkers. The concept is simple, but ...

Today's map comes from Radical Cartography, source of the popular subway comparisons from a couple of days back. In this map, entitled "The Errant Isle of Manhattan", Bill has superimposed the map of ...

As you know we love maps so much, we have a column dedicated to it. And this one is particularly beautiful. Joey Cherdarchuk of Darkhorse Analytics uses Census and Bureau of Labour statistics to chart ...

Check out this really cool interactive map of Manhattan from The New York Times -- you click on a book, and a geographically specific quote from a fictional character appears. It's got a refreshing ...

Manhattan was once a bucolic island of rolling hills, swamps, beavers and bears. Today, the city is an almost-completely-flat grid. This was no organic evolution: in the early 19th century, a radical ...