Elizabeth Borneman explores how cartography and cartographic projections help and hinder our perception of the world.
mental maps
Maps and Cartography
Maps aren’t just for humans
According to a short item in the Smithsonian’s January magazine, white-crowned sparrows map their navigation routes to their wintering grounds in Mexico and the Southwestern United States. The study looked at the navigation path of 15 adult and 15 juvenile birds. As the birds mature they build a mental map […]