A blog post I think worthy of reading... (not that I agree with everything ;) )
Here Be Cartographers: Reading the Fantasy Map
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A blog post I think worthy of reading... (not that I agree with everything ;) )
Here Be Cartographers: Reading the Fantasy Map
What a great find! Thanks Francois!!!
An interesting read.
I particularly liked this:
I've seen the trend here towards the realistic map and have tried to avoid doing to many of them myself for many of these for the same reasons.Quote:
The gravitation towards realistic detail in maps is especially remarkable if you remember that maps are inherently abstractions. The whole point of a map—of any variety, not solely the geographical kind—is to pack the chaos of information into a selectively delimited and instrumentally efficient container. Short of the 1:1 scale maps of Lewis Carroll and Jorge Luis Borges, cartography is a form of compression.
The comparison of the two Wheel of Time maps is apt. While the painted one is beautiful as a piece of art, in my opinion the inked one is more useful as a map.
From http://kartoweb.itc.nl/webcartograph...ch05/ch05.htm:
-Rob A>Quote:
Maps are there to answer questions. They should offer solutions to questions like "Where can I find…?", "How do I get to…?", "What feature can be found at…?", or "Where else do I find that feature?"
What a great blog, very informative. Thank you for sharing it :)