Ali Butt
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Project 1; Maps
19 march 2014
Project; Maps
Maps are seen to be people own perspective on the world and how they interpret them on maps. They are very individualistic, due to each person will draw their maps in regards to their own views on the world and places which are real significance to them. This view on mapmaking can be can be seen as prejudice and subjective as it tell about each person own view on how they see the world and tries to draw it on map and illustrated by the book the power of projection: How maps reflect global politics and history as “.Such projection may be manipulated to suit the cartographers agenda”(Klinghoffer,p.5).Moreover these individualist map when compared with maps by other cartographers, they are similarities and difference between the maps which will be illustrated and the reasons for these similarities and difference will be explained by using Map 1 and Map 2.
The similarities between map 1 and map 2 are both mapmakers study at AUS, love going to the same tea shop; visit the mall, go MMA (mixed martial arts training),to the movies, trying new places to eat ,new offer at existence places of eatery and going home. These similarities occur between both maps due to their projection which can be highlighted the power of projection: How maps reflect global politics and history as “Psychological projection provides the basis for geographical concepts as the interpreter establishes a vision from his own point of reference” (Klinghoffer, p.45). Subsequently the reasons for these similarities between the two maps as both cartographers are enrolled at the same university which is AUS. Also both like to have a cup of tea to unwind after the daily grind of universities life. Likewise both...
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...e instead of objective and when comparing any two maps you will find similarities and differences This can be beautifully summed up by the book the power of projection: How maps reflect global politics and history as “An expert at the library of congress maintains that such journalistic cartography demonstrated that maps could be active, dynamic, suggestive and demonstrative- clearly a far cry from scientific objectivity”(Klinghoffer,p39). And in historical context shows maps as subjective and difference between two maps as described in the book the power of projection: How maps reflect global politics and history as “Rather interesting is the story of a British map issued early in World War II. It indicated Soviet and German advances into Poland through the use of Arrows. When reprinted in China, only arrows of Soviet movements were included”(Klinghoffer,p.41-42).
He uses both maps and pictures to help the reader appreciate the distances covered and the territories involved putting the bigger picture into perspective. By the end of the book we realize that factual history can have more twists and turns than a crime novel.
Tracy and I sat down to prepare for our outing with my sister-in-law Shelly and her husband James, who were visiting from Kansas City. I must admit, I was a little skeptical about the thought of treasure hunting. James informed me that all we needed was a free membership with the website geocaching.com, and a hand held GPS unit or a GPS enabled smart phone. We then created an account and decided on a profile name. We were now ready to see what this treasure hunt was all about. We soon discovered it was a technology-driven game of hide and seek using global positioning satellites. Members are able to hide caches and log their coordinates for others to find. These hidden caches contain a log sheet for you to sign your profile name. Some cache containers are larger and contain “treasures” that you can trade for other items. Trackables are items that have special tracking codes so that you may track where they have been. Then there is the virtual cache, which is not a hidden object at all. These types of caches are usually historical landmarks or may just be places with an interesting view. To log these types of caches you must answer a question about the locale or post a picture of the specific landmark and post it to the website. Now that we had more of an idea of what we had gotten ourselves into, I was definitely more excited about the geocaching expedition that lay ahead.
The Exploration Era was a time period when countries and people made journeys overseas to find “the New World.” With the help of the printing press, the discoveries of the Americas were known globally making people curious to explore it themselves. In the map “Distribution of Columbus’ Letter” (Document D), it shows where the letter was published and where it was translated to different. This is due to the printing press. Along with the many documents, the news of Christopher Columbus’ discoveries of “India” or the New World had sparked the curiosity of people all over the world. People became more interested in geography and seeing what’s out there along with the different resources. The New World discovery opened up a new trade route and different trade items. This would create pros and cons like economic growth and slavery. In addition the exploration of the Europeans helped us gain knowledge and get a picture of the Americas. In the “Henricus Martellus’ World Map, 1489” (Document E), it shows the world as they knew it with Europe, Africa, and Asia. The “Martin Waldseemuller's World Map, 1507” was an updated, more correct version of the world we see today. Waldseemuller’s map includes the Americas and was much bigger than Martellus’. The printing press had helped Waldseemuller use this new knowledge to create a map that would depict something
One day while biking in the woods, a mysterious figure appeared out of the undergrowth. As I zipped past, I noticed that it appeared to be searching for something. Puzzled, I turned around. At a closer observation, he was a short, thin man with a smooth walking stick. Around his neck he appeared to have some kind of remote control device. After I asked him what he was doing, he kindly responded by explaining that he was a geocacher, someone who uses a GPS to find hidden treasures. At first, I didn’t quite understand him; what kind of hidden treasures were there in the woods? Pinecones? The man noticed my confusion and explained that his GPS directs him to a hidden container, and he was looking for one in the area. We walked for about a quarter mile toward an ancient bridge. “Zero,” he said, meaning that the GPS he had been using read that the
In Maps of Time David Christian provides a concise history of all that has ever been, and all that will ever be. Christian is writing in the historical approach he refers to as “big history.” Christian pleads the case for big history rather adroitly, providing the analogy that “no geographer would try to teach exclusively from street maps,” therefore Christian is attempting to the field of history with a world map with which to work. (3) Though a pulling away from a map obscures small details, streets dissolve and streams and creeks vanish, larger patterns emerge, continents take shape and vast oceans appear. This same principle applies to taking a grander view of history. In order to achieve what would appear to be a Sisyphean task: giving
As if the Harris map weren't suggestive enough, other maps have also surfaced. It's a specific map that Menzies points to as definitive proof that the Chinese had already explored the world long before the Europeans ever set sail in the age of exploration. This map, known as the 1418 map -- so called for the date it was supposedly published -- clearly shows all of the world's oceans, as well as all seven continents, correct in shape and situation. Even more startling is the map's accurate depiction of features of North America, including the Potomac River in the Northeast of the present-day United
Maps are used to show movement of the armies during the final battles of the Civil War, the layout of a city, or the route that someone takes over a course of time. There is one map in the novel on page 241, just after the beginning of the fourth part, that showed the position of Booth and Herold over time after the assassination. On the map, there are descriptions of major events as well. However, at the time that this map is placed in the story, nearly all of the events it described hadn’t happened yet. A reader who had not known all the events of his escape yet would be confused looking at the map, and when a reader finished the novel, they would have to go back to the beginning of the fourth part to look at the map. This is the only map or picture in the novel that could have been improved on. Perhaps O’Reilly could have included several maps throughout the course of his escape in the book, and the completed route at the very end. Besides this one flaw, the use of pictures and maps in the writing are very effective and help the novel
“The main thing is to root politics in place. The affinity for home permits a broad reach in the process of coalition building. It allows strange bedfellows to find one another. It allows worldviews to surface and change. It allows politics to remain an exercise in hope. And it allows the unthinkable to happen sometimes.” Allen Thein Durning, This Place on Earth , P.249
Until the 1950s, Atlases were mostly comprised of maps that simply show space and place. However in 1953, the World Geo-Graphic Atlas, published by Walter Paepcke’s Container Corporation of America (CCA) with Herbert Bayer, changed people’s notion of what maps look like and what information they contain. Bayer believed, that maps were “a record of time and perhaps even a tool of prognostication.” By the use of Isotypes (International System of Typographic Picture Education), Bayer created an atlas that is universal, therefore allowed viewers to understand complex data more clearly and easily.
In the book “Why Geography Matters More Than Ever”, the author, Harm de Blij, discusses the importance of geography, how it can affect us in any place or any time, and why it matters. But most importantly, he succeeds to advance our perception of the world’s geography. Throughout the book de Blij highlights the many benefits of being educated about geography. He explains that it is important that we are informed about this topic so we can be more prepared for the events happening around the world. This book illustrates just how essential it is to be well-educated when it comes to geography.
Although some of this may sound on the surface as deterministic or geographic lock-in as described by Morris, he does not argue that geography is insurmountable. Morris also has a series of themes such as information processing or the ability to make war,
Since the beginning of humankind, the study of geography has captured the imagination of the people. In ancient times, geography books extolled tales of distant lands and dreamed of treasures. The ancient Greeks created the word "geography" from the roots "ge" for earth and "grapho" for "to write." These people experienced many adventures and needed a way to explain and communicate the differences between various lands. Today, researchers in the field of geography still focus on people and cultures (cultural geography), and the planet earth (physical geography).
Historical geographer JB Harley wrote an essay on Map Deconstruction in 1989, in which Harley argues that a map is more than just a geographical representation of an area, his theory is that we need to look at a map not just as a geographical image but in its entire context. Harley points out that by an examination of the social structures that have influenced map making, that we may gain more knowledge about the world. The maps social construction is made from debate about what it should show. Harley broke away from the traditional argument about maps and examined the biases that govern the map and the map makers, by looking at what the maps included or excluded. Harley’s “basic argument within this essay is that we should encourage an epistemological shift in the way we interpret the nature of cartography.” Therefore Harley’s aim within his essay on ‘Deconstructing the Map’ was to break down the assumed ideas of a map being a purely scientific creation.
Baudrillard starts off with an example of Borges tale, “cartographers of the Empire draw up a map so detailed that it ends up exactly covering the territory (but where, with the decline of the Empire this map becomes frayed and finally ruined)” (365). He is explaining how there is an impeccable map rotting whereas the territory on the map still remains. He goes on to explain “it is the map that engenders the territory and if we were to revive the fable today, it would be the territory whose shreds are slowly rotting across the map” (366). This story is to point out that our modern society is playing the role of the map, which is self-destructing and the territory is representing the simulation. He clarifies that simulation is “the generation by models of a real without origin or reality: a hyperreal” and “hyperreal: the simulated generation of difference without any distinction between the real and the imaginary” (Lecture slides 3/6/12).
To counter balance Cartesianism Hirsch puts forward Vico’s argument of ‘sensory topics’ which places imagery of shared identities and interactions at the heart of the landscape. The relationship between the physical and the metaphorical whilst very separate can be united. Only when the physical place or subject oriented (‘indexical’) place can be examined then the metaphorical space, non-subject orientated (‘non-indexical’) can begin to be understood (Gell, 1985). Thus the development of the indexical (e.g. maps) can lead to the understanding of the non-dexical (e.g. images). Mutually related.