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After scanning across the whole surface, having previously compiled a relief map of the surface in the usual way, the researchers were able to draw up a map of the binding sites and pinpoint the positions of the antigens to within two or three nanometres.
ECONOMIST: Microscopy
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The capacitive display can recognize orientation, letting you drop the controller in any position throughout the surface, then outputting a map to match.
ENGADGET: Droplet and StackAR bring physical interface to virtual experiences, communicate through light (hands-on)
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Mr Beck was notably ahead of the game in producing a version of his London map showing all underground and surface level train services as early as 1938.
BBC: London's Tube map creator Harry Beck gets blue plaque
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The moon, with automated probes dedicated to map every single inch of its surface, is probably less mysterious.
FORBES: Branding on the Moon: Marketing in The Middle East
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Surface winds are measured from space to predict and map hurricanes.
FORBES: Losing NASA's Eyes in the Sky
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Two German radar satellites are now flying in tight formation as they prepare to make the most detailed ever 3D map of the Earth's entire surface.
BBC: German radar satellites fly tight space waltz
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If all landers make it to the surface of Mars, they will represent three more flags on a largely unexplored map.
BBC: Gusev crater (Nasa)
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This microscopic scale and sensitivity allows the sensor to map a high-resolution image of electrical charge that occurs over the surface of a source material (for example a human finger), when it makes contact with a thin insulating surface (ie a plastic surface).
FORBES: Can Forensic Scientists Tell How Old A Fingerprint Is?
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It claims the software creates a virtual topographical map of your features, which is then measured against the donor database, looking for similar surface textures, vector templating and, of course size of features.
ENGADGET: Alt-week 3.2.13: A mission to Mars, robosparrow and facial recognition in fertility treatment
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This will map for the first time iron, magnesium, aluminium and silicon over the moon's entire surface.
ECONOMIST: Astronomy