The Joy of Mapping

posted by  mvrok (14)  13 months ago (blogs.technet.com)

We all tend to take maps for granted. In the 17th/18th centuries and even beyond, there were decent sized areas of the world which were just being explored and mapped for the first time. Now, the ease of access to cartographical data means we don't much give them a second thought.

I bought a couple of Ordnance Survey Explorer maps the other day, and was quite surprised at how expensive they are - £7.99 each - and started wondering if they were worth the money, when I could