NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft.

NASA and Japan released a new digital topographic map of Earth Monday that covers more of our planet than ever before. The map was produced with detailed measurements from NASA’s Terra spacecraft. The ...

This is pretty nifty: a new elevation map of the Earth has just been released by NASA and Japan. It’s a “significantly improved” version of one that came out in 2009. It uses Japan’s ASTER, the ...

When was the last time you planned a backpacking trip without a computer, phone, or GPS unit? Think hard. Unless you're a dedicated old-schooler, it probably wasn't recently. If your map skills are ...

NASA and Japan released an improved version of a digital topographic map Oct. 17 that was produced with measurements from NASA’s Terra Earth-observing satellite. The map, known as the global digital ...