The Dirtbag Diaries
The Dirtbag Diaries
Duct Tape Then Beer
Beyond the Lines
20 minutes Posted Sep 4, 2015 at 9:00 am.
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Maps. We've all studied them. Stuffed them into backpacks or the seatback pocket of our car. Maybe we've even been led astray by a map. But have you ever thought about the person who made that map? Or how that person might influence your initial impression of a landscape?

"A map in not a perfect representation of a landscape. It's an abstract representation." says cartographer Marty Schnure. Today, we have a sotry about a mapmaker, Patagonia Park, and the process Marty uses to create a map--a map that she hope will connect you to a place.