{"id":1815360,"date":"2023-06-12T07:55:06","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T11:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1815360"},"modified":"2023-06-12T11:39:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-12T15:39:18","slug":"the-lost-art-of-map-reading","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/06\/the-lost-art-of-map-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lost Art of Map Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe physical map has the same appeal, probably, as the vinyl record. It\u2019s tactile, it\u2019s there, it\u2019s present\u2014it\u2019s not ephemeral.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

A nice piece from CBC News<\/a> on the so-called lost art of map reading and paper maps, touching many of the usual points, featuring (among others) the co-owners of my local map store, Ottawa\u2019s World of Maps<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cThe physical map has the same appeal, probably, as the vinyl record. It\u2019s tactile, it\u2019s there, it\u2019s present\u2014it\u2019s not ephemeral.\u201d A nice piece from CBC News on the so-called lost art of map reading and… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[121,752],"tags":[237,307,845],"class_list":["post-1815360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-industry","category-navigation","tag-map-literacy","tag-map-stores","tag-paper-maps","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1829634,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/04\/paper-maps-new-business-lost-loves\/","url_meta":{"origin":1815360,"position":0},"title":"Paper Maps: New Business, Lost Loves","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"5 April 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"GIS analyst and cartographer Andrew Middleton moved across the country to become the new owner of the Map Center, a Rhode Island map store, after the previous owner announced that he was looking for someone to give the store away to. 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