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Researching is Difficult: The Struggle of an Amateur Mapper

by Benjamin Van Wienen | Jan 7, 2019 | DUR January 2019

Thus far, my experience making my first map was frustrating primarily because of the research involved.  Mapping opera companies of East Asia, much of my work involved reading websites in foreign languages (Chinese, Korean, Japanese), finding mentions of obscure opera...

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