For example, with its focus on breaking down a city into trendy areas and popular venues, MapQuest Vibe gives an editorially driven Vibe Score of a perfect 10 for the Georgetown section of ...

Google cartographers can reshape the identity of a city, town or neighborhood with a name choice. How the company arrives at its names is often mysterious, but it's clear the decisions have far ...

In New York City, you can cross the street and then—bam!—you’re in a completely different neighborhood. But those exact boundaries are hard to pinpoint, and they’re always changing. These ...

The neighborhood suddenly renamed on Google Maps as the East Cut, located near SOMA and the Financial District in San Francisco, July 17, 2018.

SAN FRANCISCO — For decades, the district south of downtown and alongside San Francisco Bay here was known as either Rincon Hill, South Beach or South of Market. This spring, it was suddenly ...