Tag: geography
The Exploratorium: the secrets of making IGN maps
Topographic maps are extremely useful, not only for the hiker, but also for land use planning, management or enhancement. Daily tools, their generalization however involves more than ten very different…
The Exploratorium: Who Decided North Was High on the Maps?
If there is something that Thomas Pesquet can testify to, it is that in space, there is neither high nor low. And yet, in our collective mind, we still imagine…