Rather than simply copying earlier maps, as was common in his day, al-Idrisi combined information from a variety of sources to create his own cartographic representations. Al-Idrisi’s influence ...

In addition to his work at the Journal, he tutors in the Landscape Urbanism Postgraduate Program, focusing on geospatial research, analysis and cartographic representation.

Humans have strived for a cartographic representation of their world for thousands of years. Mapping the Earth was one of the motivations of the early explorers, and armies of surveyors have ...