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Mapping is Hard: The Unrealistic Expectations of the Amateur Cartographer

by Jessie Camp | Jan 8, 2019 | DUR January 2019

Maps. We look at them all time, nestled between blocks of text in articles and textbooks or on classroom walls, and we never give them a second thought. We accept them as they are—why? Because that’s what’s easy. We assume it shouldn’t be that difficult to...

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