Digital Maps
topic on 1 show · 4 statements across 2 episodes
4 statements about Digital Maps, every show
Wei Lowe: Modern digital maps are built exclusively for human consumption
“But if you actually dive deeper, maps today, including the digital maps, are actually built for human consumption only.”
David Rumsey: Digital maps differ from paper maps by having dynamic scale
“One thing that has changed drastically from paper maps is that maps are dynamic now. Maps are changing. You know, with paper maps, we have a sense of scale. The scale is printed onto the map and it's fixed. But with digital maps, the scale is totally fluid and…”
Wei Lowe: Consumer digital maps rely on survey fleets, not crowdsourcing
“Those maps were not created from The GPS unit that you have on your car or the camera system that you have in your car and whatnot. They were created by special, what we call mapping survey fleets.”