If you want to claim a territory, it’s good to have a map to show what’s yours. Defining Lines: Cartography in the Age of Empire at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University examines how maps were a ...

Cartography has evolved from manual engraving of geospatial features to a fully digital discipline that integrates surveying, geographic information systems (GIS), remote sensing and computer graphics ...

Critical cartography emerged as a challenge to conventional mapping practices by examining how maps reflect and reinforce power structures, ideological biases and social inequalities. It foregrounds ...