“What is a Map?” is More Relevant than Ever #TNMUC
by Matt Ball on May 12, 2011
‘“What is a Map?” is More Relevant than Ever’ was the title and topic of The National Map Conference keynoter Frederick Reuss, author of five novels, including his recent “A Geography of Secrets” that addresses secrecy in public and private life in present-day Washington. Reuss provided a layman’s perspective as a user of maps, a fan of the USGS in terms of its value to his work, and also as a romantic in terms of the use of a map as a means to unlock your imagination.
Reuss focused on the X on a map from the imagination of our youth as the location of a pirate trove, or as an X to mark our spot, or as the means to create that X in our history of surveying and mapping the unknown. He provided a rich discussion of history, the legacy of mapmaking, and the
Ball, M., (2011), 11th October 2011, [Accessed on 29th September 2011 at 20.00].
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