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9. Digital Maps

Episode 9 of 10

Mike Parker investigates whether digital map and satellite navigation are destroying good map-making and map-reading. From 2010.

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography.

Who needs traditional paper maps any more when you can download all the maps you need from the internet?

Mike Parker looks at cartography in the digital age and asks whether internet mapping and satellite navigation are actually destroying good map-making and map-reading.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2010.

15 minutes

Last on

Thu 25 Apr 202409:30
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