On Sat, 20 Mar 2010, Paul Johnson wrote:
On Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:23:54 +0100, Dirk Stöcker wrote:
Mapping also means generalizing. This means you do NOT map what is
EXACTLY on the ground, but you map what it means and is sensible.
Art generalizes. Cartography is a science.
Well, than I'm an artist. But I learned to generalize. A lot of research
in modern cartography is about the fact how you can do this generalizing
automatically. But it is a major component of VERY map making process.
Ciao
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