A post by Sam Matthews on his personal blog about the data that we as cartographers struggle with, and how that data requires – in some sense – understanding from an impossibly large set of skills. Take a chance to consider what it means to be a cartographer and you’ll see a network of knowledge that we strive to take hold of, but struggle to keep.
Geographic Information: A Blessing or A Burden? posted on ‘From Here To There: A Geographer’s Wandering Voice’