EditorialA topographic map of the Brush Mountain area, part of the routed of the Mountain Valley Pipeline, a 304-mile natural gas line that cuts through the Appalachian Mountains, near Blacksburg, Va., Aug. 6, 2022. (Melissa Golden/The New York Times)
EditorialA wildlife biologist shows on a topographic map where a proposed road would cut through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge, in Cold Bay, Alaska, May 19, 2022. (Acacia Johnson/The New York Times)
EditorialIn an undated photo from the NOAA Photo Library, topographic work is done in the Glacier Bay area of Alaska. (Coast & Geodetic Survey/NOAA Photo Library via The New York Times)