ARGONAUT BOOKS

A unique approach to maps, exploring how they have shaped society and culture. Reviews Cultural geographer Duggan works in partnership with the UK national mapping agency, OrdnanceSurvey, to study everyday digital-mapping practices. Important as it is, digital mapping is not supersedinganalogue maps, he observes in his global history of cartography, which begins with Palaeolithic carvings.Sales of Ordnance Survey paper maps are rising, perhaps because of their convenience. "Although digitalmaps are improving constantly in accuracy and design, they do not always live up to th...Read More