Lamenting the Decline of the Map

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  08.29.08 | 10:10 AM ET

imageIn his latest column, San Francisco Chronicle travel editor John Flinn mourns the slow retreat of traditional maps in favor of GPS units and online search engines. Maps, after all, are so much more than a means of finding your way around, Flinn writes: “An intoxicating blend of science and art, they’re a landscape painting, a history book, a political treatise and a wanderlust factory. They can seize your imagination and give it wings in a way that no set of digital driving instructions ever could.” (Via Triporati)

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Eva Holland is a contributor to the World Hum blog. She is also a contributing editor at the Matador Network and at Not Coming to a Theater Near You, and a regular contributor to the Ottawa Citizen. Based in Ottawa, Canada, she loves to write about travel, history, sports, and culture high or low.


1 Comment for Lamenting the Decline of the Map

Grizzly Bear Mom 08.29.08 | 12:27 PM ET

I LOVE mpas!  To me they always promised tales of adventure in new places.  Remember, the journey it important, not just the destination.

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