With the popularity of online maps, personal navigation devices (PNDs), and GIS we can easily forget that it all started on paper. We can forget the trials and tribulations of those who made early geographic discoveries, those who labored to produce early maps. In a world of instant information about where we are, many of […]

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It seems like such a story would be boring. Two Germans we might be vaguely aware of, each taking very different approaches to discovering secrets of the earth. The novel, Measuring the World by German author Daniel Kehlmann. No, I don’t read German. Thankfully, this book is translated into English. And we’re […]