Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness.

To put a city in a book, to put the world on one sheet of paper -- maps are the most condensed humanized spaces of all...They make the landscape fit indoors, make us masters of sights we can't see and spaces we can't cover.

Maps codify the miracle of existence.

I've noticed that one or two have had systems problems -- the conversions have not always been correct on the VAT -- but they seem to be getting over those,

Wars of nations are fought to change maps. But wars of poverty are fought to map change.