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Maps Big and Small
Author: Moniker
The largest map known to be created in modern times was a New York State road map that was featured in the 1964 World’s Fair . Composed on terrazzo tiling, it measured 130 feet by 166 feet and covered a half acre of exhibition space. Visitors to the Fair were able to literally walk on the map in order to trace different routes through the state and explore its geographical features.
Most people have trouble conceiving of maps on so large a scale, unless it is the subject of a silly music sequence in a movie, with actors dancing, running, and tumbling over it to represent travel. The largest map that an everyday person encounters would be the Ohio Wall Map in their kids classroom or the city map on the office wall.
When it comes to the other end of the scale, small maps, many people will think of the tiny screens on their GPS or smart phone. These devices manage to offer any scale and size of map reduced to a screen that is only a few inches across. However, it is globe making that inspires really small dimensions. Scientists have managed to project the entire earth onto a globe that measures only a few nanometers. It was created using laser technology.
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