maps and charts

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Title	Author	Replies	Latest Post
artist-generated maps?	CopperLeafStudios	4	6 months ago
New Group: Vintage Road Maps	Jasperdo	0	8 months ago
Street Maps from 1920s through 1960s	A Caveman trapped in the 21st Century	0	12 months ago
Map Makeovers - What do you do?	marzycards	0	15 months ago
Streetmaps to 40 of the world's most visited cities.	EdenDD	0	17 months ago
Manipulated Maps	skyroamer	1	18 months ago

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About maps and charts

I am a cartography freak. I've been collecting books on maps and charts since I was a kid when I got my very first subscription to National Geographic. In this group I will catalog some of my favorite images.

If you have some interesting Map or Chart images to add to this group please do so... with that being said, not all maps and charts are pretty, and I intend on being pretty hardcore about what sits in the pool... so please self-moderate.

Joshua Davis, Admin



From Wikipedia :

Maps function as visualization tools for spatial data. Spatial data is acquired from measurement and can be stored in a database, from which it can be extracted for a variety of purposes. Current trends in this field are moving away from analog methods of mapmaking and toward the creation of increasingly dynamic, interactive maps that can be manipulated digitally.

The cartographic process rests on the premise that the world is measurable and that we can make reliable representations or models of that reality. Mapmaking involves advanced skills and attitudes, particularly the use of symbols to represent certain geographic phenomena, as well as the ability to visualize the world in an abstract and scaled-down form.