Viewing aerial imagery today is as easy as reaching into your pocket and opening your phone, but how did we get to this amazing technology? Beginning in the early 1800s, cartographers began production ...

Map apps may have changed our world, but they still haven't mapped all of it yet. In particular, mapping roads can be tedious: even after taking aerial images, companies like Google still have to ...

Maps have always been the primary source of geographical truth. At their heart, they guide travelers from point A to point B—whether that be a cargo ship traveling across the Atlantic Ocean or a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Drones are often celebrated for their ability to capture a new vantage point on the world, revealing the beauty of our planet from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A new competition dedicated to aerial photography has just released its winners. With a $5,000 cash prize for first place and ...

Cranberry harvest, People category. Native to Massachusetts, cranberry bogs dot the landscape in the state's southeastern region. A bird's-eye view of the annual fall harvest taken with a drone. The ...

The past two centuries of industry have scarred the American landscape, leaving polluted wounds that may never heal. Superfund sites, areas designated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...