While it might seem like a waste of time to know how to read a map or use a compass when GPS is so readily available, there are remote areas in which it isn't accessible, and there's also joy to ...

A road map in the glove compartment of your car. A travel map in your backpack. A world map on your wall, with pins poked in the countries you've visited. For older generations, maps are more than ...

One tool that Dora used for exploration was the character Map. The show uses anthropomorphism to depict Map as an interactive character. It appears in every episode as Dora must read it to reach ...

A solar eclipse map is a helpful tool for anyone wanting to get the most out of their solar eclipse viewing experience. We explore how to read and understand them here.

5 Why navigating makes you a genius Reading a map and following a route makes us use a process called cognitive navigation. It’s the ability to see the big picture and to change as it changes.

With a compass, you can navigate a map, shoot bearings to find your location, and even participate in fun activities like geocaching, an orienteering-based scavenger hunt.

We need help pulling together a list of must-read books for people interested in maps and mapping. Let us know what we're missing, and where we've gone wrong.

HAVE you got what it takes to complete the OS Map Reading challenge? Experts have put together a test which features questions on map symbols, scale and how to read contours, to allow people to ...

I have always loved maps. As a child I would open them out and closely study them, their symbols, contour lines and colours. If we had been for a walk I would look at the Ordnance Survey map ...