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Maps – about

  • April 14, 2011

mapMost of the time people use maps to go to an unknown place so that they will have guide on where to go so that they will not get lost, it is the most accurate guide that is available right now and together with science it is getting more accurate and a lot more easier to go from one place to another without getting lost at all. There is also a science called Cartography that creates maps in a very precise way.

In the past the maps were very expensive that only a few can afford it and they were

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Navigate using a map

  • January 22, 2011

We all know that the easiest method to navigate in an unknown area is to use a map. Maps show us minimized picture of Earth?s surface, so we can always use it to find any wanted spot, when we are in an unknown place. Cartography is a science, which focus on creating maps. Today, this mixture of science and art is so advanced, that we can find very precise maps of practically anything we can imagine.

Precision was not a feature of the first maps, as they were made with very primitive techniques in comparison with modern maps. In …