digital maps
Smartphone route finders
Digital maps are electronic representations of geographic information, displayed on screens rather than printed on paper.
Unlike static paper maps, digital maps allow zooming, searching, and real-time updates: The digital map rerouted us around the traffic jam.
They often incorporate GPS data, satellite imagery, and user-generated content.
Services like Google Maps have made digital maps the default way people navigate.
- GPSSatellite-based location technology
- location servicesPosition-detecting phone feature
- GISSpatial data framework
- heat mapsColor-coded intensity visualizations
- mapping softwareDigital route-finding tool
navigation systems · geocoding · OpenStreetMap · street view · satellite imagery · bird's eye view · demographic data · urban planning · geospatial · directions · Google Maps · tourism guides · network analysis · route planning · environmental data · disaster response · routes · search
- geography topicsGIS, GPS, mapping, cartography, Google Maps
- Mappingmap, compass rose, GPS, latitude, street maps
- mapsroad map, world map, atlases, street map, regional map
- digital contentfiles, blog posts, data, digital music, videos
- digital lifeapps, email, texting, web browsing, online shopping
- digital resourceswebsites, databases, digital libraries, e-books, online archives
digital mapsprinted maps
Physical geographic documents
physical maps · road atlases · globe · nautical charts · relief maps
digital mapsdead reckoning
Position-tracking via estimated motion
celestial navigation · compass navigation · orienteering · mental maps