What does the red dotted line mean on Google Maps?

Mystified by those little red dots on Google Maps when you're looking up a location? Turns out they're not just showing up for no rhyme or reason.
Next City

Mapping the Colors of North America’s Transit Lines

People check out the newly opened Second Avenue Subway 86th Street station in New York on Jan. 1 in New York City. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle) This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a ...

What does the blue line mean on Google Maps?

Depending on the particular shade, a blue line on Google Maps can have a range of meanings following a major redesign over ...
Chicago Tribune

Review: We can map that: Newberry Library exhibits 500-plus years of borders, folds and graticules

Getting to the Newberry Library to visit “Mapping Outside the Lines,” an exhibition of maps old and new, scientific and artistic, was easy. I typed the address into my car’s GPS and followed its ...
The Washington Post

Mapping the proposed Purple Line

The 16-mile Purple Line is a light-rail public transit system that will extend from Bethesda in Montgomery County to New Carrollton in Prince George’s County. Owned by the Maryland Transit ...