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To what extent are maps simply the embodiment of information and technique?
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To what extent are maps simply the embodiment of information and technique? ''All Nature faithfully But by what feint Can Nature be subdued to art's constraint? Her smallest fragment is still infinite! And so he paints but what he likes in it. What does he like? He likes, what he can paint!' (Freidrich Nietzsche) In this poem, Nietzsche stated his comment on the claims of realism, reminding us of the limitations of artistic means. The artist tends to look for motifs that he is capable to render with his style and skills, and I believe that this goal is echoed in cartography. It appears that no skill as much as will dictates the preference over what is embodied; the selective and somewhat subjective art of mapmaking depends upon the extent to which mapmakers distort reality. All mapmakers use generalization and symbolization to highlight critical information and suppress detail of lower priority (Monmonier, 1996). In fact I would go...
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