Hoosiers to their soles

Jeffrin Lain, a Morgan Township Elementary School fourth-grade teacher, works with students as they measure distance on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to her class for a week from the Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis. From left is Xander Gring, Jonny Buyer and Danny Shirley.

Hoosiers to their soles

Students in Jeffrin Lain's fourth-grade class searched for cities and towns on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to her class for a week from the Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis. Students could locate towns, research the five largest cities, check for birthplaces of fam…

Hoosiers to their soles

Luke Hartley, 9, measures the length of the Ohio River on a Giant Traveling Map of Indiana on loan to Jeffrn Lain's fourth-grade class at Morgan Township Elementary School. Student found towns, researched the five largest cities, checked for birthplaces of famous people and discovered "oddba…

Hoosiers to their soles

Plastic blocks, a single one representing 20,000 people, indicated populations of Indiana's five largest cities in Jeffrin Lain's fourth-grade class  at Morgan Township Elementary School. The Giant Traveling Map from Geography Educators' Network in Indianapolis was on loan to Lain's class la…

Lake County progress moved to fast lane

Representatives from towns and cities in Lake and Porter counties attend a luncheon at Lost March Country Club in April, where the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission released an update to the 2008 Northwest Indiana bike map. The map shows routes for hiking, biking and paddling…

View map showing precincts, polls on Hammond's website

HAMMOND | An interactive map showing polling locations for the November general election is now live.

Getting around Indiana with traveling map of Hoosier state

Valparaiso University Professor Ruth Johnston has 9-year-old cousins Jodi Lawson, of Mundelein, Ill., and Jack Lawson, of St. Charles, Ill., place cones Saturday on Indiana cities on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana at the Porter County Museum. The two were visiting grandparents in Valparaiso.

Getting around Indiana with traveling map of Hoosier state

Cousins Jodi and Jack Lawson, of Mundelein and St. Charles, Ill., respectively, complete projects on the Giant Traveling Map of Indiana at the Porter County Museum on Saturday. The two were visiting grandparents in Valparaiso.

NIRPC releases updated trail map

Dennis Rotz, of Dyer, runs along the Erie Lackawanna Trail on Thursday in Griffith. The Northwestern Regional Planning Commission on Thursday released an update to its 2008 Northwest Indiana Bike Map. The map shows routes for hiking, biking and paddling, as well as existing trails and propos…

NIRPC releases updated trail map

Representatives from region communities attend a luncheon Thursday at the Lost Marsh Country Club in Hammond, where the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission released an update to its 2008 Northwest Indiana Bike Map.

Lakes of the Four Seasons, Winfield maps in production

WINFIELD | A new detailed map of the Winfield and Lakes of the Four Seasons area is in production.

Map of Indiana State Police posts

New federal map

New federal map for what to plant reflects warming

For local mapmakers, it's back to the drawing board

CROWN POINT | Lake County officials hope they are diagramming their future this week as political mapmaking kicks into a higher gear.

Map: Fourth of July events

See what Fourth of July events are happening around the region.

Map - E85 sales in Indiana

E85 fuel, vehicle fuel which is 85 percent ethanol and 15 percent gasoline, can be found all over Indiana, including at more than a dozen sites in the region.