Category Archives: Maps

Master cartography and mythical creatures – the world according to the Catalan Atlas | Aeon Videos

Posted on July 6, 2022 by agogo22

The journey from textual descriptions and valiant guesses to the exceptionally accurate maps of today was a millennia-long enterprise of small steps. However, as the US graphic designer and video producer Jeremy Shuback explores in this brief history of mapmaking, … Continue reading →

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Interesting UNITED KINGDOM Maps That Teach Us About The Country

Posted on March 6, 2022 by agogo22

⚠️ I ended up changing the thumbnail maps so check the TIMESTAMPS for each map below: ⚠️ 00:00 – Intro 00:52 – Regions 01:31 – Brexit Results 03:05 – GDP per Capita 04:17 – National Identity 05:56 – Evolution of … Continue reading →

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The topography of the Roman Empire, AD 117 | Epic Maps

Posted on February 25, 2022 by agogo22
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35 Informative Maps People Shared On This Group That Might Change Your Perspective On Things (New Pics) | Bored Panda

Posted on February 24, 2022 by agogo22

Liucija Adomaite and Justinas Keturka   #2 The Baltic Way. On 23 August 1989, Two Million People Joined Their Hands To Form A Human Chain Spanning 675.5 Km Across The Three Baltic States. The Protest Was Against The Soviet Occupation, … Continue reading →

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How Maps LIE To You

Posted on February 12, 2022 by agogo22

 

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Indigenous words for Alligator | Decolonial Atlas

Posted on December 9, 2021 by agogo22
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There are many ways to make a flat map of the world – each of them a unique distortion | Aeon Videos

Posted on October 6, 2021 by agogo22

There are many ways to make a flat map of the world – each of them a unique distortion As almost everyone learns in primary school, it’s impossible to represent a round object on a flat surface without imposing some … Continue reading →

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This Object has Infinite Surface Area, but Finite Volume

Posted on September 26, 2021 by agogo22

[…] *Creator* Jade Tan-Holmes *Script* Sheila Miller and Jade Tan-Holmes *Animations* Daniel Kouts http://danielkouts.com/ *Sound Design and Music* Junior Arruda https://www.youtube.com/c/iamaduo https://www.epidemicsound.com/ https://open.spotify.com/artist/1D30m…

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One-fifth of Earth’s ocean floor is now mapped | BBC News

Posted on September 13, 2021 by agogo22

By Jonathan Amos BBC Science Correspondent Published21 June 2020 The black is where we still need modern measurements at a reasonable resolution This leaves four-fifths – twice the area of Mars – still to be surveyed to a modern standard. … Continue reading →

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Making Maps: The Story of the UK’s Ordnance Survey

Posted on August 27, 2021 by agogo22

 

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