How Maps Work

Stuff You Should Know

• Episode: How Maps Work
• Website: Stuff You Should Know
• Feed URL: http://www.howstuffworks.com/podcasts/stuff-you-should-know.rss
• Duration: 00:45:17
• Published: 2013-07-25 18:32

Yes, your brain may have just flash-dried from boredom at the thought of learning about maps, but it turns out they are a lot more than just tools for navigation. Maps are two-dimensional representations of how we imagine our world, with imagine being the operative world since every map in existence is riddled with errors.