Map Men attempt to use basic graphic software to chart global linguistics. They explore how national borders, colonialism, and political identity complicate the classification of languages, dialects, and official status.…
YouTube sensations and all-around cartographical nerds Jay Foreman and Mark Cooper-Jones—better known as Map Men—discuss their debut book, This Way Up: When Maps Go Wrong (and Why it Matters), a…
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east vs west
But that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t make the effort
Why did early Islamic cartographers place south at the top of their maps? Who invented the magnetic compass? And why has 'the west' become an intensely political term, as well…
Why is north up? Has north always been up? What used to be up before north was up? Does it matter if a direction other than north is up? And…
Did you know that the internet is held together by a network of undersea cables? And did you also know that these cables can trace their origin back to 1850s?…
Google Maps is the most popular navigation and map application for mobile and web platforms. Let’s explore further open-source interactive maps software. {read}