Maps & Cartography
Topic Overview The Wolfram Language has fully integrated capabilities for creating highly customized maps, as well as detailed built-in geographic information about all parts of the world. Maps in the Wolfram Language are defined both by geometric and graphical primitives, and by actual geographic entities, which can be entered using free-form linguistics.
Geographic Visualization »
GeoListPlot — plot points or regions on maps
GeoBubbleChart — plot values using bubble sizes on a map
GeoRegionValuePlot — create geographic heat maps
GeoSmoothHistogram — create smooth intensities of locations on a map
GeoHistogram — create binned intensities of locations on a map
Map Creation
GeoGraphics — create maps based on detailed worldwide geographic information
DynamicGeoGraphics — create a dynamic interactive map that can be panned and zoomed
GeoImage — high-resolution satellite imagery of any region in the world
Coordinates »
GeoPosition — a position on the Earth
Here — inferred user location
Quantity — quantity with units (e.g. km, miles) entered using 
DMSString, DMSList — convert to DMS notation
FromDMS — convert from DMS to decimal degrees
Display Elements »
Point — point at a particular geographic location
Line — straight line on the projected map
GeoPath — path on the surface of the Earth (geodesic, rhumb, etc.)
Arrow — arrow styling on a line or path
Polygon — polygon on the projected map
GeoPolygon — polygon on the surface of the Earth
GeoDisk, GeoCircle — disk, circle of given radius on the surface of the Earth
Disk, Circle — disk, circle on the projected map
Style ▪ Red ▪ RGBColor ▪ Opacity ▪ EdgeForm ▪ Thickness ▪ Dashing ▪ ...
GeoGroup — group geo objects for purposes of styling
GeoHemisphere, GeoHemisphereBoundary — hemispheres of the Earth
GeoVisibleRegion, GeoVisibleRegionBoundary — visible region from an elevated point
DayHemisphere ▪ NightHemisphere ▪ DayNightTerminator
GeoBoundsRegion, GeoBoundsRegionBoundary — region bounded by lat, long lines
Map Annotation
GeoMarker — pushpin marker on the surface of the Earth
"Icon" — icons for many common types of points of interest
Text — arbitrary typeset text at any position
Tooltip — tooltip attached to a geo object
PopupWindow — popup window attached to a geo object
Mouseover — mouseover effect associated with any geographic region or element
GeoLabels — whether to label supplied geo objects
Map Styles
GeoStyling — styling for rendering any region ("OutlineMap", "StreetMap", "ReliefMap", ...)
Image — arbitrary image to use in rendering any geographic region
GeoStylingImageFunction — arbitrary image processing for geo style images
GeoBackground — background map style to be used
GeoZoomLevel — zoom level determining amount of detail (typically from 1 to 18)
GeoResolution — average pixel-to-pixel distance, determining level of detail
GeoScaleBar — what scale bar to show on a map
Map Positioning
GeoRange — geographic region to cover in a map (specified by coordinates or entities)
GeoGridRange, GeoGridRangePadding — region to cover, specified by projected ranges
GeoDisk — represent a region around a point, with radius given by a quantity with units
Map Projections »
GeoProjection — projection to use ("Mercator", "Equirectangular", "Robinson", ...)
GeoProjectionData — detailed data on all standard map projections
GeoGridLines ▪ GeoGridLinesStyle
GeoGridPosition — transform geo positions according to a projection
GeoModel — overall geodetic model to assume
GeoGridUnitDistance — local geo distance corresponding to a unit of map distance
GeoGridUnitArea — local geo area corresponding to a unit of map area
GeoGridDirectionDifference — local angular change under projection
Geographic Entities »
Entity — countries, cities and other geographic entities, entered e.g. using 
Country HistoricalCountry City AdministrativeDivision ...
Ocean River Mountain Volcano ...
Building Bridge Airport University ...
Travel Visualization »
TravelDirections — path for travel by car, walking, etc.
Geographically Linked Data »
GeoElevationData ▪ WeatherData ▪ AirTemperatureData ▪ ...
Geographic Measures »
GeoDistance — distance between points or entities on the Earth
GeoDirection — direction between points or entities
GeoBoundary — boundary of a 2D geographic region
GeoArea — area of a geographic region
GeoLength ▪ GeoDistanceList ▪ TravelDistanceList ▪ ...
Importing Geospatial Data »
Import — import data, maintaining symbol structure, annotations, etc.
"SHP" ▪ "GeoJSON" ▪ "SDTS" ▪ "USGSDEM" ▪ "TIGER" ▪ "SP3" ▪ ...