Saturday, May 16, 2009

On Mapping... Minard and Weizman







The Minard Map of 1861 showing the advance and retreat of Napoleanic forces against Russia in the 1830's is considered seminal tactical battlefield mapping. It very clearly compounds the data from divergent contexts such as time, temperature, geography, mass etc...




Another Map which i recently stumbled upon was Weizman's 2002 map [link to notbored.org] of Jewish Settlements in the West bank. This data brings clarity to the "black spot" which google earth seems to have.

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