How People Navigated The Streets Before The Introduction Of Map Apps

By Walter Baker
May-1-2020
Google, Maps, Tips
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Before Google Maps, there were the traditional paper maps that people used for navigation purposes. There were also map illustrations that businesses used for advertising purposes. The paper maps were geographically accurate while the map illustrations often sacrifice accuracy for the sake of aesthetics. Both types of maps were very popular decades ago until map […]

How Airline Maps Came To Be

By Walter Baker
Nov-23-2019
Maps, Noise, Tips
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It is very likely that you are among those who have killed time at 30,000 feet by looking closely at the airline network map in the in-flight magazine. A new book reveals that airline flight maps evolved over the past centuries from stylish bird’s eye view map to the more basic maps. Bird’s eye view […]

Six Uses Of Aerial View Photography

By Walter Baker
Sep-4-2019
Art, Business, Design, Maps, Service
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Aerial photography is touching new skies, thanks to advanced technologies. Earlier, artists used to stand on mountains and towers to capture aerial view of objects and places. There are many uses of aerial photography. Let us understand a few of them. To Draw Maps Aerial photography is of utmost importance to cartographers. They use aerial […]