Wake up nerds, you can take the Blue line to Greenbelt this weekend. wmata.com/about/news/Pre…

Excited to announce the publication of this manuscript, coauthored with Prof Judith Tyner, in ⁦GeoHumanities⁩ ⁦American Association of Geographers⁩

Under the sea…cables! 🐚🐙 This map shows the more than 885,000 km of undersea fiber optic cables that connect our world. 🔸Explore the animated map: ow.ly/gJON50VmwoJ

Propaganda map that shows how Liberty leads to Immortality (i.e. San Francisco), while Slavery leads to Hades (i.e. Abilene, Texas), USA 1888

You can feel the anticipation around the Tidal Basin. Every sunrise brings us closer to Peak Bloom. This morning, thousands of people walked under branches and into the pink light, marveling at the spring beauty. 🌸🌸🌸 #cherryblossom #BloomWatch #WashingtonDC

This vibrant pictorial map shows the once vast trolley network of Baltimore in 1913, extending from the city center to surrounding suburbs. Take a closer look here: loc.gov/item/96681722/…

The 2025 Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship is now accepting applications through September 15, 2025. The fellowship offers an $11,500 stipend for 8 research weeks! Full details available here: loc.gov/programs/john-…

Let's use this map by @ivabrunec.bsky.social as a little geography quiz. Here are six metro systems from huge global cities. How many can you name?

The 2025 Murchison Award went to Professor Dariusz (Darek) Wójcik - expert in financial geography and author of 'The Atlas of Finance'. 💰 Keen to learn more about financial geography from Darek? Read our Q&A with Darek in our medals and awards showcase👇 rgs.org/about-us/our-w…

This incredible 1702 work by William Godson features an annotated world map, celestial charts, polar views in various map projections, and more! Take a closer look here: loc.gov/item/200662977…

📜Hoy se celebra el día de la Cartografía donde se realiza un homenaje a la creación del Departamento Topográfico en 1826. Queremos compartir este mapa de las zonas militares de la Plaza de Cádiz y Fuertes Cortadura y Puntales de 1876. Todos los detalles⤵️ ws089.juntadeandalucia.es/institutodeest…

On this day in 1944, the US Army Twelfth Army Group was still in Normandy, France - check out their positions on this HQ Twelfth Army Group situation map: The full map is online here: loc.gov/item/200462905… Browse our WWII Military Situation Maps: loc.gov/collections/wo…

Human settlements that have no settlement further north with a larger population

Upcoming events with our friends at LOCMaps and the Philip Lee Phillips Society... 8/12: Virtual Geography & Map Division Orientation 9/18: PLPS Map Mixer 10/14: Virtual Orientation on Nautical Charts of the Geography & Map Division.