Hackers are targeting WordPress websites running a vulnerable version of the WP Maps Pro plugin, which allows creating rogue administrator accounts without authentication. The vulnerability, tracked ...

Investigative reporters use mapping for a wide range of stories: revealing crime hot spots; highlighting environmental destruction; uncovering demographic patterns; documenting war crimes. Here are ...

LEEDS, Washington County — Historic rock walls dot the landscape in the small town of Leeds in southern Utah, and visitors will soon be able to know where each wall is. In a project spearheaded by the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis got his maps. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. State lawmakers passed redrawn congressional lines ...

If Python developers have one consistent gripe about their beloved language, it tends to be this: Why is it so hard to take a Python program and deploy it as a standalone artifact, the way C, C++, ...

I’ve come to realize that convenience often carries a healthy dose of mediocrity, and Google Maps might be the undisputed king of it. Google Maps is what I’d call good enough software. It’s definitely ...

We dream of a breezy vacation, but whether we're new or seasoned travelers, we've all been stuck on a random, unknown road searching for north. It sucks the vacation-mode juice right out of you, doesn ...

Do you know the basics of QGIS but lose all hope when you try to stylize your map? QGIS is notorious for its frustrating, counterintuitive, and finicky design options. Have no fear! This workshop will ...

As someone who travels multiple times a year—and tests tech for a living at the Good Housekeeping Institute—I don’t leave home without Google Maps. It’s the one app I rely on most, whether I’m scoping ...

Although women have always been part of the mapping landscape, their contributions to cartography have long been overlooked. Mapmaking has traditionally featured men, from Mercator’s projection of the ...

Last spring, as ICE raids spread through Southeast Houston, Jack Vu watched fear and uncertainty ripple through the community he had long volunteered in. The heartbreaking reality was impossible to ...