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The necessity of these kinds of guides makes me wonder: why have map and globemakers so broadly failed to adopt a standard practice of putting a date on world m
by jameshart 2y ago
The necessity of these kinds of guides makes me wonder: why have map and globemakers so broadly failed to adopt a standard practice of putting a date on world maps?
- ks2048 2y agoThat's a good question. I've thought about this for titles of guide books, eg "Best Europe Destinations 2024". It seems there's competing interests for making sales: A bookstore might want to buy the new versions every year (more sales), but when there are only old versions on the shelves, people don't want to buy something that looks out of date (less sales). Maybe for globes, they aren't selling many every year, so don't want to create them with dates that will look several years old.
- jameshart 2y agoWell it doesn’t have to be in bold title case next to ‘MAP OF THE WORLD’ - just a small print copyright notice with a year on it would do for someone curious about how old the map is.