intro

Question 1

what is a map

Answer 1

a spatial representation of the environment

A graphic statement that locates information

A map is a symbolised representation of geographical
reality, representing selected features or characteristics,
resulting from the creative effort of its author’s execution
of choices, and is designed for use when spatial
relationships are of primary relevance

a multi function tool; For both geographers and cartographers, the map
has served in various roles; as archive for geo-referenced data, as picture of the spatial order of the world, as tool for investigating spatial relations,
and as an object of aesthetic and historical
interest.

Question 2

Graphic

Answer 2

A visual display of marks which stands for
something else. An airplane shape on a map
implies an airport

Question 3

Statement

Answer 3

To put forth information, a formal
embodiment of facts or assertions

Question 4

Locating information

Answer 4

Tangible and intangible
phenomena located in geographic space: what
we can see (roads, rivers) and what we cannot see
(temperature, radiation), varying in amount
(population) and kind (vegetation types).

Question 5

Multiple functions of maps

Answer 5

• Localizing, connecting
• Modeling
• Communicating
• Analyzing / Understanding
• Possessing, Dispossessing
• Decorating
• Dreaming
  *traveling
  *measuring
  *tax evaluation
  *territorial claim
  *business
• …

Question 6

early maps

Answer 6

2200 BC & 1100 BC

• bedolina map: to demonstrate an ideal image of land, show prosperity

Question 7

classic antiquity

Answer 7

200 BC
start of mapping on materials

• the world by Ptolemy; starting using latitude and longitude
• Map of Roman Empire; show distance btw things

Question 8

medieval period

Answer 8

800
influenced by church, not scientific

• ebstorf map; religion stories

meanwhile in china;
map of the tracks of yu the great; most accurate map

meanwhile in the mediterranean;
tabula rogeriana by al idrisi; show control over land, political purpose

Question 9

world map

Answer 9

• martellus map; 1490; detail on shore, for navigation purposes
• portolan chart; 1541; more specific, navigation purposes

meanwhile in the americas;
codex mendoza; communication, mexico, afect society

Question 10

enlightenment

Answer 10

1675-1693
demonstrating an accurate region of land and borders

Question 11

reference maps

Answer 11

1747-1815
production of the modern state

in north america; rivers system

meanwhile in the pacific;
tupaia map; island mapping, place with more importance are represented bigger