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Maps

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Maps.

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Video playlists about Maps

Reimagining borders

Get to know our continuously interconnected world with talks that transcend our traditional understanding of boundaries and their limitations.

Adventures in mapping

Maps don't just tell you which street to turn left on. Maps convey information that shapes our lives, deepen our understanding of problems and our ability to create solutions, and whisk our imaginations to new lands. See what we mean, below.

Talks about Maps

Is climate change slowing down the ocean?

The hidden world of maze design

The outlaws of the ocean — and how we're reeling them in

Where on Earth will people live in the future?

How data-driven journalism illuminates patterns of injustice

The biggest mistakes in mapmaking history

Jack Dangermond

An ever-evolving map of everything on Earth

Why every world map is wrong

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Jack Dangermond

How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

Tawanda Kanhema

My journey mapping the uncharted world

Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?

Elizabeth Leane

The dangerous race for the South Pole

The genius of the London Tube Map

The biggest risks facing cities -- and some solutions

This app makes it fun to pick up litter

Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)

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Exclusive articles about Maps

Maps: 7 thrillingly new perspectives on the world and how we live today

Social geographer Danny Dorling explodes the traditional maps of the world and creates lively, ever-changing depictions of why and how we live.

Posted Dec 2016

Your guide to reading the world

Author Ann Morgan invites book lovers to follow her on a literary journey through 196 countries.

Posted Nov 2015

The shortest paths to happiness. Literally

Figuring out how to walk from A to B is easy in the age of online mapping tools. Just plug in two addresses and off you go. But sometimes getting to a place as quickly as possible isn't the priority. Take a look at a project in which researchers tried to figure out a city's "happy" routes.

Posted Feb 2015

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