Alice Hudson, chief of the New York Public Library’s map division from 1981 to 2009, died in 2024. Last month The Cartographic Journal published a long look at Hudson’s life and career, written by Daniel&#8230; <a href="https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/04/alice-hudson-and-women-in-cartography/">More</a>

A new edition of the Atlas of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (the first edition was published in 2010) came out earlier this month from Yale University Press. From the publisher: In the first edition of&#160;Atlas&#8230; <a href="https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/04/atlas-of-the-transatlantic-slave-trade-second-edition/">More</a>

A detailed look at the Verbiest Map from the University of Michigan’s Clements Library. Also known as the Kun yu quan tu (坤輿全圖), this is a 1674 Chinese-language map of the world by Jesuit priest Ferdinand&#8230; <a href="https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/04/a-close-look-at-the-verbiest-map/">More</a>

The Twentieth Century Society, a heritage group that campaigns to preserve 20th-century British buildings, is trying to get Grade II-listed status for the first and last trig pillars of the Retriangulation of Great Britain, which&#8230; <a href="https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/04/heritage-group-seeks-listed-status-for-first-and-last-trig-pillars/">More</a>

Are geofence warrants unconstitutional under the Fourth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution? Geofence warrants require a data provider to provide information on all users and devices within a given area during a given time period.&#8230; <a href="https://www.maproomblog.com/2026/04/the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants-is-before-the-u-s-supreme-court-today/">More</a>