Following on from Andy Lee's post on maps and development, I thought I'd post a clip from one of my favourite shows, The West Wing. It explains why maps matter to development, and is very funny too. I recently switched all my Maps to the Peter's Projection and really recommend it. Happy Easter to all.
Very interesting clip. On an unrelated note, some people in Taiwan proposed redrawing the map of East Asia (http://thunderfury.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/1.jpg), so Taiwan is in the centre, rather than appearing on the margin of mainland China.
Wow, I never thought about that! But if it is true, than everything is wrong… It’s scary. Thanks for posting this!
Glad you guys enjoyed it.
Clare! I love it! Everything makes sense, straight to the point, and interesting! Very interesting the final part, with the bottom-top discussion and the new point of view, putting the north and the sounth in the other way round! Wicked!
Glad you enjoyed it Hussam!
Clare, when I saw this I remembered your post on Peter’s projection: http://www.worldmapper.org/index.html
I also have a Peter’s map and it all suddenly makes sense somehow!