“We don’t see the latitude and longitude lines of maps,” he said. “We see the world, in our heads, through icons.” For Thomas, this equates to a kind of “emotional geography,” where ...

A hiker and outdoorsman, Mr. Thomas as a child yearned for a world where nature ruled supreme. His map represents the “idealistic planet that I wanted,” Mr. Thomas, 34, said.

If I want to see where a place is in the world, I just need to look at where the lines cross, and read the numbers. Ah, there he is! Latitude is 32 degrees south, and longitude is 115 degrees east.

A group of migrants line up after crossing a border from Croatia near the village of Zakany, Hungary. Petr David Josek/AP. The argument for open borders tends to highlight potential economic and ...

For Samson, invisible lines are: “Boundaries and belts that shape our understanding of and interactions with the planet, even though these boundaries and belts are, to all intents and purposes ...

Rouvy Route Creator is now available to the public, letting you turn your action camera videos of bike rides into actual virtual routes on the platform.