Map Quests: Political, Physical and Digital

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What if we had a map of ... everything? Jack Dangermond, a visionary behind the geographic information system (GIS) technology used to map and analyze all kinds of complex data, walks us through the interconnected technologies gathering information about every crack and corner ...

Nous avons l'habitude de voir le Nord représenté sur le haut de nos cartes. Mais il s'agit d'une convention. Elle a succédé à d'autres représentations, où les facteurs historiques et religieux tenaient une place centrale.

Ce qui est important est en haut

Da ...

Texte:
Une île dans le sud du Pacifique que l'on peut voir sur les cartes du monde ainsi que sur Google Maps et Google Earth n'existe pas en réalité, selon des scientifiques australiens.

Traduction:
A South Pacific island shown on world maps as well as on Google ...

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