For some reason the most devoted mapheads seem to be kids.

We regret the insinuation that Mr. Alex Trebek is a robot, and has been since 2004. Mr. Trebek's robotic frame does still contain some organic parts, many harvested from patriotic Canadian schoolchildren, so this technically makes him a 'cyborg,' not a 'robot.'

Eratosthenes, the mapmaker who was the first man to accurately measure the size of the Earth, was a librarian.

You live overseas, you see these exotic places and you want to know about them. But, weirdly, it also made me homesick for all these very prosaic places in America.

I have always loved maps.

I always bring my kids vacation souvenirs printed in Comic Sans, so they know I love them but not unconditionally.

I have condemned my kids to a lifetime of geographic illiteracy.