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The mapping between the coastline and the maps looks distorted though - it seems that what matters on these is the succession of capes and creeks rather than pr
by netgusto 11y ago
The mapping between the coastline and the maps looks distorted though - it seems that what matters on these is the succession of capes and creeks rather than proportions or topography. Any insight on how useful this would be while navigating in the dark ?
- willvarfar 11y agoPresumably they are more useful than not having a map, else the inuit wouldn't have bothered making and using them?
- Papachooka 11y agoI've heard of indigenous maps scaled by time of travel rather than physical distances. Maybe that's why these Inuit maps look distorted. I've never seen such maps (only heard of them), so if anyone has a link to such a map I'd be interested.