The Best Maps of 2016
▻http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/12/best-maps-cartography-2016
It’s been a good year for map lovers. Whether you’re into old maps, new maps, or new ways of interacting with old maps, there was much to cheer about in 2016.
C’est simple : je n’ai rien qui s’affiche. Aucune des 15 ! et quand je suis les liens, au bout d’un temps (fou) de chargement, rien non plus…
Sinon, celle que tu as mise (la 14) confirme que la lecture des représentations bivariées est vraiment compliquée. Et pourtant, là, on est dans un cas de figure plutôt favorable…
Argh ! Alors :
Et voilà, bonne lecture :)
Secret Japanese Military Maps Could Open a New Window on Asia’s Past
►http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/07/world-war-japanese-maps-discovered
These maps were captured in the waning days of World War II as the U.S. Army took control of Japan. American soldiers confiscated thousands of secret Japanese military maps and the plates used to print them, then shipped them to the United States for safekeeping.
The maps covered much of Asia, and they went far beyond the local topography. They included detailed notes on climate, transportation systems, and the local people. It’s the kind of information that could be used to plan an invasion or an occupation, and some of it was gathered by spies operating behind enemy lines. To the Japanese, these maps are known as gaihōzu—maps of outer lands.
“During the war Americans and British tended to #standardize the style and #design of most maps, often carrying the uniformity to a point approaching stereotyping,” Davies wrote in 1948. “The Japanese were just the opposite in this respect, for each series of maps that was produced was designed to fit an individual condition and as a result the maps show a variety of colors, symbols, and format.”