The history of a compromise that was created to resolve an unsolvable geometry problem. The virtues and shortcomings of some of the most iconic map projections.
Maps are a wonderful tool for presenting information. They also provide mechanisms to focus on different messages, or even to infer specific ideas through propaganda and biased maps. It's key to understand how they work to identify any possible intent behind a map.
Thank you for the post! I love maps and the way they can condense so much information.
Maps are a wonderful tool for presenting information. They also provide mechanisms to focus on different messages, or even to infer specific ideas through propaganda and biased maps. It's key to understand how they work to identify any possible intent behind a map.
Lovely, succinct and informative. Thank you.
Happy you liked it!