A critical view on maps

Read the article on Geoversity, by Köbben, B.J. cartography expert, Why we should read maps critically to realize a new trend in mapmaking; “nowadays, anyone with a computer and internet access can make maps. This doesn’t make everyone is a cartographer though”. How this fact, can affect they way map users end up with spatial knowledge acquired from maps is worth pursuing.

Also, watch the YouTube video Misled by maps: How data visualisation shapes our stories again by Köbben, B.J. again. And finally, read the article From coronavirus to bushfires, misleading maps are distorting reality by Carlotta Dotto and Jack Berkefeld, to understand that maps can be misrepresetned and misinterpreted leading to misleading and reality distortions. Thus, a good knowledge of the data and the visualizatin techniques appropraite for the data are important for effective and functional mapmaking!