Apple Maps real-time transit information has now gone live in Tokyo, providing access to live timings for more than 20 railway, bus and tram lines.

Developer Oliver Kreylos and some other folks over at UC Davis utilized the Microsoft Kinect to turn a sandbox into an auto-updating topographical map. And you can build one, too.

Earth's oceans have topographic features and are held down by gravity, not contained by a giant Antarctic ice wall.

Social media conversation is like a topographic map and the Pew Research Center is creating intense, visually-rich "maps" or charts to show you how. According to a new 57-page report entitled ...

"These maps were designed to help both the public and scientists understand the overall appearance and topography of the moon," USGS officials wrote in a statement.

Detailed renderings of the Pacific Ocean floor are a key feature of The Oregonian/OregonLive real-time earthquake map, which draws on a data feed that the U.S. Geological Survey updates every 15 ...

Home > Extreme NASA unveils first Mercury topography maps from MESSENGER craft Before crashing into Mercury's surface, the MESSENGER probe sent a glorious visual archive back to Earth.

Well, one possibility is 2D gaming on real maps. Geoquake developed a 2D driving sim that uses a Flash app to interact with Google Maps.

Pro-Form's Le Tour de France Indoor Cycle replicates riding on routes selected via Google Maps, simulating the area's incline or decline by tilting the riding platform.