Incorporating historic maps of urban Boston, the tool lets users see how places have changed over time. Along the way, Mead embarked on a particularly sweet research project. “Candy,” she said.

Comparing Boston's past to present with historic media. Atlascope provides a database of historic maps, and Peter Vanderwarker documents Boston's changing architecture through photography.

BOSTON (AP) — A centuries-old map compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain and believed to be among dozens stolen more than a decade ago from the Boston Public Library has been recovered, ...

For decades, geography teachers have relied on a more than 400-year-old map that grossly distorts the size of the world’s landmasses — the byproduct of trying to depict a sphere on a flat ...

Atlascope provides a database of historic maps, and Peter Vanderwarker documents Boston's changing architecture through photography. Skip to content NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at 7 ...