Showing posts with label Cartographer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cartographer. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 2, 2008

Cartographer

Mapmakers will often use “copyright traps,” bits of information in their maps that are purposefully wrong. They might label a body of water “Lake Strongbad,” for instance, and then examine the next editions of competitors’ maps to see if the incorrect information makes an appearance.