Maps

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Maps.

Video playlists about Maps

Reimagining borders

9 talks • 2h 7m
Get to know our continuously interconnected world with talks that transcend our traditional understanding of boundaries and their limitations.

Adventures in mapping

12 talks • 2h 28m
Maps don't just tell you which street to turn left on. Maps convey information that shapes our lives, deepen our understanding of problems and our ability to create solutions, and whisk our imaginations to new lands. See what we mean, below.

Talks about Maps

22:12

Jack Dangermond

How a geospatial nervous system could help us design a better future

Posted Feb 2021
7:32

Tawanda Kanhema

My journey mapping the uncharted world

Posted Jan 2021
8:35

Rebecca Firth

Can we call it a "world map" if it's missing a billion people?

Posted Aug 2020
3:14

Michael Bierut

The genius of the London Tube Map

Posted Mar 2018
17:10

Robert Muggah

The biggest risks facing cities — and some solutions

Posted Nov 2017
6:10

Jeff Kirschner

This app makes it fun to pick up litter

Posted Feb 2017
14:07

Danny Dorling

Maps that show us who we are (not just where we are)

Posted Nov 2016
12:43

R. Luke DuBois

Insightful human portraits made from data

Posted Apr 2016
20:34

Parag Khanna

How megacities are changing the map of the world

Posted Apr 2016
7:20

Daniele Quercia

Happy maps

Posted Jan 2015
9:44

Dan Berkenstock

The world is one big dataset. Now, how to photograph it ...

Posted Feb 2014
10:20

Frederic Kaplan

How to build an information time machine

Posted Jan 2014
13:50

Greg Asner

Ecology from the air

Posted Nov 2013
16:36

Aris Venetikidis

Making sense of maps

Posted Sep 2012
7:45

Blaise Agüera y Arcas

Augmented-reality maps

Posted Feb 2010
2:42

Derek Sivers

Weird, or just different?

Posted Jan 2010
See all 21 talks on Maps

Exclusive articles about Maps

Your guide to reading the world

Author Ann Morgan invites book lovers to follow her on a literary journey through 196 countries. “I’d always thought that I was well-traveled,” says writer Ann Morgan (TED Talk:...

The shortest paths to happiness. Literally

Figuring out how to walk quickly from A to B is easy. Just plug two addresses into your favorite map app, and off you go. But sometimes getting to a place as quickly as possible...
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