Seismic Map of N. America Reveals Continent Under Stress. George Dvorsky, Gizmodo April 27, 2020. AP Photo/U.S. Geological Survey. Scientists have compiled the most comprehensive map yet of tectonic ...

To create the map, the researchers amassed over 2,000 stress orientations taken across North America, of which 300 are brand new. These measurements were taken from boreholes—long, narrow shafts ...

The map, printed in 1507, measured about 1.4m by 2.4m, a size that matched its grand ambition to portray the world in its entirety. And indeed, it did depict more of the world than ever before.

The 15th century Vinland Map, the first known map to show part of America before explorer Christopher Columbus landed on the continent, is almost certainly genuine, a Danish expert said Friday.

There've been similar maps built from phone call data. The idea here is to show America not as 50 states, but as regions where people do stuff together. In other words, a "Whom Do You Hang With?" map.

America was put on the map 500 years agoIn 1507, a cartographer came up with a name for the New World — and it stuck By BRADLEY S. KLAPPER , Associated Press April 25, 2007 ...

The only surviving copy of the 500-year-old map that first used the name America goes on permanent display this month at the Library of Congress, but even as it prepares for its debut, the 1507 ...