try reading The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford. An excellent history of cartography from the Egyptians to today... It will either inspire you or make you realize you're taking on a bigger challenge than you realize!
His most interesting comment was "but ultimately the Wild West must give way to governance and control"... A layman's analogy that doesn't really apply, and he never tells us what 'governance and control' means, although we can all take some pretty good guesses...
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try reading The Mapmakers by John Noble Wilford. An excellent history of cartography from the Egyptians to today... It will either inspire you or make you realize you're taking on a bigger challenge than you realize!
His most interesting comment was "but ultimately the Wild West must give way to governance and control" ... A layman's analogy that doesn't really apply, and he never tells us what 'governance and control' means, although we can all take some pretty good guesses...