Comments on: 321 Definitions of “Map”

By: What is a map? « Geoblogger’s Blog

What is a map? « Geoblogger’s Blog — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 22:55:49 +0000

[...] What is a map? From time to time I am asked by students and others what a map is. It is an interesting question and it becomes increasingly difficult to answer. On the web site Maphist, that is by the way a good resource for discussions on old maps you can find over 300 definitions of what a map is defined as during the last 300 years. See also John Krygier’s blog on the topic [...]

By: awesome things from around teh interwebs « the girl works

awesome things from around teh interwebs « the girl works — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 08:41:10 +0000

[...] ~321 definitions of “map” ~ [...]

By: joe

joe — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:47:36 +0000

Um… yes… I wonder how many of those are contradictory

By: Wade

Wade — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:54:41 +0000

WHAT A LIST! All worthy definitions, I like “A matrix of ambiguous culturally defined symbols.”