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Cartography? Hasn't everything already sort of been discovered, though by, like, Magellan and Cortés?
by dannypgh 13y ago
Cartography? Hasn't everything already sort of been discovered, though by, like, Magellan and Cortés?
- mapmeld 13y agoIn modern parlance, cartography is more about information design. For example, what features appear at what zoom level on Google Maps? What color is an interstate?
- sp332 13y agoCartography is about making maps, not discoveries.
- bennyg 13y agoExcept for figuring out about Pangaea and continental drift.
- jofer 13y agoThat has nothing to do with cartography. That's geology. Geology often uses cartography to display data and various spatial analysis methods to analyze data, but what you're describing is purely geology. Sorry if I sound snippy... But as a geologist, we get a bit annoyed when one of the major discoveries of our field is attributed to "those darn geographers"! :)
- herge 13y agoMan, you can't get no respect for Arrested Development on HN.
- pwang 13y agoI think the blue parts are plaques...