Human beings have been representing the world with flat pictures called maps for thousands of years. 14,000 as far as we know, the date of the world’s oldest map. That makes maps much older than writing – the first scratched words on stone date from only 5,000 years ago.But could new technology spell the end of this ancient tool?
Some people think so. Paper maps seem destined for the graveyard, thanks to maps on phones and sat navs. But the whole idea of representing space on a 2D plane could be about to change again.
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