Wednesday, March 9, 2016
Final Blog Post
After taking this class, I realized that maps and some of the ideas we discussed are actually more prevalent in today's society that we actually thought. On the first day of class I though I would probably never need to use a map, But what don't realize is that the use of maps is used in today's media, on our smartphones and all around us. if you go shopping at the mall, there are maps in the middle of the mall. I have watched several movies or TV shows lately that have related to maps and this class such as Star Wars, The Bachelor, and The Revenant. And of course we use our phones everyday, and even if we are not using google maps directly or some other map, the location services on our phone are mapping or recent locations. Maps are actually all around us, and will never lose their use.
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After taking this class, I have also noticed a much more prevalent use of maps around me as well!
ReplyDeleteI have noticed the use of maps in addition to the images taken from above as well.
ReplyDeleteI agree with what you have said. I've been backpacking for three years, and I always use paper maps which I have come good at reading. So I thought that I wouldn't learn a lot from this class. But I came to realize that there is more to maps than I realized, including history, usage, and mediums. Even when we don't see a map, they are being used behind the scenes. For example, when flying and looking down on the land, you can see the grid system being used which is a map itself.
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