| Summer is just around the corner. For sure | | | | and new maps. They see to it that they |
| many people would spend their summer vacation | | | | preserve the maps as they are an important |
| visiting places and having an adventure. | | | | part of a place's history. Map experts spend |
| Traveling is a lot of fun especially if you | | | | their lives learning about maps. The |
| are going to a new and exciting place. | | | | knowledge that they get are based on hundreds |
| Nothing can beat the exciting feeling of | | | | of hours spent on carefully examining maps. |
| seeing new things and meeting new people. | | | | This is why even a simple damage to a map |
| | | | that might not even be noticed by a regular |
| But just before you step off your front lawn | | | | reader can prove important to an expert. |
| make sure that you double check all your | | | | |
| luggages and make sure to carry a map with | | | | But map printing is not as easy as you think. |
| you especially if you are going to a new | | | | The location of buildings, houses, landmarks |
| place. Maps will help you go around the place | | | | and the like should be exact and clear. Even |
| easily. But did you know that early maps were | | | | the color of the map should be appropriate. |
| considered religious icons? Yes, early world | | | | Woodcut, engraving and lithography are the |
| maps were created for religious purposes. And | | | | different techniques used in producing maps. |
| since they represented the worship of God | | | | Woodcut is a relief printing process. It is |
| most maps during the early years were not a | | | | the oldest printing technique known. Early on |
| useful tool for travel. However, as the world | | | | this technique was used for printing designs |
| modernizes so are the uses of maps. Today, | | | | on playing cards and religious prints. |
| modern maps show the world in ways that | | | | Engraving, on the other hand, is the oldest |
| allowed a reader to leave home and return. | | | | intaglio technique. This has been done to |
| | | | decorate metals for ages. And lithography |
| Admit it, you have drawn and thrown dozens of | | | | uses the repelling properties of grease and |
| maps away in your life - the sketch your | | | | water to print from polished slabs of very |
| friend drew in a table napkin to help you | | | | fine textured limestone. |
| find the frat party; the map you used when | | | | |
| you travel to Indonesia or the atlas that you | | | | So the next time you use or come across a map |
| have used in history class in high school. | | | | do not just look at it and throw it away |
| All these helped you find a location or make | | | | after use. Remember without it you would have |
| a spatial sense of the world. | | | | never found the frat party or have reached |
| | | | the beautiful island of Bali, Indonesia and |
| Many museums today have collections of old | | | | you would have never found your way home. |