Blog #1 - Can a map tell a story?
When we think of a map, we think of the earth, laid flat, a flat canvas painted in green and blue but never the specifics of it we will now understand. When I think of a map I remember google maps. How It Is used as a function, to over view an area to navigate and area to get from point A to point B. Today I want to talk about how I agree with Bunini’s Paradox that in simple terms stated that a model can’t be both accurate and useful. In my own interpretation, this makes perfect sense. There is the reason . For say the more we zoom into a map, we may end up on a road. This picture alone had no meaning and no value at all. In fact for the viewer, all it is, is a black page, nothing, let’s assume one zoomed out a little more. We have no information. A road. But our reasoning will ask questions like where is going to, where is the road, it is very accurate. Picture a bigger picture 30meters wide and 100meters long. Here it is, a road segment in real scale with mailboxes and sidew