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Charts, not maps ;)

• innguest 11y ago
  You got me curious. Can you explain? Etymologically there's no good word for map (mappa meant napkin, charta meant a sheet of paper) but 'tabula' was used in Classical times.
  • jsmthrowaway 11y ago
    http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart.html http://www.nauticalcharts.noaa.gov/mcd/learn_diff_map_chart.... Aeronautical charts extrapolate from this because being in command of an aircraft is really just commanding a different kind of vessel. Port, starboard, manifest, fix, captain, first officer, and hull are all valid aviation terms, for example, with roots in the sea. A chart is not a map.
    • innguest 11y ago
      Thank you! I'd have trouble explaining to someone what the precise difference is but now I can wear my consequentialist hat and explain that they are different because they are used differently.