Map the World

Maps have always been intriguing to me, at least in the sense that they raise my curiosity and are fun to study. A map of a country for example will let you think of everything that country represents, you’ll figure out how it is structured, some details of its history, where to go to and maybe you’ll be reminded of the places you’ll already went to.

A map thus also is simply a collection of data or a way to represent it. Thanks to Geek in Disguise I discovered this fabulous example of digital map showing how digital data can be organized as a map.

Being a big fan of old maps, I also loved this documentary on medieval maps. It also describes The Hereford World Map (Mappa Mundi). That they also look like a mind map is due to the fact, that mappa mundi were schematic and were meant to illustrate different principles.