For all their practical uses, Google maps didn’t seem to really give him a local’s sense of neighborhoods, or how to navigate the city as a whole, or reflect his perceptions of how long it ...

Last week we looked in detail at an 1836 map of New York City overlayed onto present day Google Maps, highlighting the changing topographies of Times Square, Bryant Park, Battery Park, and more.

Instead of to-the-minute maps and turn-by-turn directions to the tune of an Australian woman's voice, we relied on compasses and hand drawn maps. In the 16th century, Georg Braun and Franz ...

History geeks and time-travelers from the 1800s, get ready to have your days made: Old NYC combines Google Maps with photographs ... views of New York City, 1870s-1970s” collection and plotted ...

At the end of the 19 th century, cities in Europe and ... make sure that gardens were part of the city’s design from the outset. Map Monday highlights interesting and unusual cartographic ...

The pre-industrial revolution capital was still the largest in the world at the time - but appears an oasis of green compared to today's urban jungle A REMARKABLE early 19th century map of London ...

Bagchi’s rich repository of the city ... 19th century Led by (L-R) Epsita Halder and Sarbajit Mitra, Kolkatans discovered the evolution of Kolkata in cartography All photos by Soumyajit Dey The ...