Last year, Americans spent more than 300 billion minutes on navigation apps, like Waze or Google Maps.The GPS systems in our pockets have come a long way from the first known map, carved into a mammoth tusk 30,

A map can take you on a journey, transporting you across continents and cultures all with a single glance. What started as a simple map drawing on a clay tablet centuries ago in Babylon has slowly evolved alongside us.

A capable map app will save you time (and your sanity), but which one is best at dodging all the holiday season traffic? I tested both, and there's a clear winner.

A strong, 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck in the Philippine Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The temblor happened at 11:05 p.m. Taiwan time about 19 miles southeast of Yilan, Taiwan, data from the agency shows. U.S.G.S. data earlier reported that the magnitude was 6.7.

Check out this list of the best map Minecraft mods including a cool minimap, a full screen map, that displays waypoints and nearby structures

One of the most underrated ways Google Maps makes commuting less stressful is that it reroutes in real time. For instance, it suggests a different turn after you miss an exit. It’s also continuously recalculating your route based on what’s happening on the road.

CoMaps is community-driven, open-source, transparent, and the developers aren't concerned with making a profit. The app is fairly new (just hitting Google Play Store and the Apple App Store around July 3), but it's still very functional and makes for a great Google Maps replacement.

A new map of the universe displays for the first time the span of the entire known cosmos with pinpoint accuracy and sweeping beauty. Created by Johns Hopkins University astronomers with data mined over two decades by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, the map ...

Thankfully, there’s now a Power Saving Mode in Google Maps. It allows you to activate a black-and-white, full-screen overlay on your always-on display. When enabled, lock your phone during navigation, and it’ll pop up.

Navigating around the university is just as much a part of the campus experience as the grounds and facilities — an experience that was a priority in the development of UC Santa Barbara’s new interactive campus map: map.ucsb.edu. The map covers all of ...