Posted in Geography on Apr 6th, 2011 1 Comment »
There’s a strange dichotomy at work in a country when people stop using maps in favor of GPS and start putting them on the walls as artwork. While most early maps were works of art and good cartographers to this day attempt to make their maps as beautiful of possible, the relegation of the World [...]
Posted in Geography, People, Travel on Feb 27th, 2010 1 Comment »
Last December, my son and his family traveled from Oregon to visit us in Phoenix, Arizona. Since my husband and I live in a very small condominium, we put them up at a very luxurious hotel that Arizona offers. They came at a great time, the weather was perfect, so we decided to do some [...]
Posted in Geography on Feb 23rd, 2010 1 Comment »
It is physically impossible to represent a three dimensional object in exact proportion and shape on a two dimensional surface. This is the reason why cartography is so impressive and extensive. It is an exact science of trying to fit the surface of a three dimensional object onto a two dimensional object without losing the [...]