Fiction Pick of the Week: "Beneath the Atlas"
A story of maps, travels, and (un)couplings.
Maps
How an Internet Mapping Glitch Turned a Random Kansas Farm Into a Digital Hell
An IP horror story.
In the Eye of the Whirlpool
Searching for a mysterious whirpool on an obscure map.
At Home at the End of Google Earth
Separated from his older brother at a train, five-year-old Saroo Munshi Khan found himself lost in the slums of Calcutta. In his 20s, living in Australia, he began his search for his birth home armed with nothing but hazy memories and Google Earth.
How Google Builds Its Maps—and What It Means for the Future of Everything
A look inside Google’s Ground Truth.
