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Next to the Aldi there is a large grocery marketplace/bazaar that’s far more crowded - that isn’t marked with a pin at all. Point being - Aldi is paying for th
by scyzoryk_xyz 3y ago
Next to the Aldi there is a large grocery marketplace/bazaar that’s far more crowded - that isn’t marked with a pin at all.
Point being - Aldi is paying for this service. The map is skewering reality.
It’s not about historical representation, it’s about the fact that map-making has been around for awhile, and there are some great existing techniques for presenting that information that could be drawn on. But no, let’s melt colors together and highlight corporate chain stores with pins.
- Izkata 3y agoLikewise here - as you zoom in, the default pins show this tiny bakery before the huge grocery store everyone uses. The grocery story shows up at the same time as a really random set of apartment buildings.