article_snippet: From satellite photography to five million miles of street-level imagery, detailed maps have transformed our view of the world.
article_snippet: While internet maps, allow users to zoom in to an incredible level of detail, we're not necessarily told anything new; we understanding of the landscape is still the same, just higher in resolution.
article_snippet: ‘Mapping has always been done through the collection of information, which was then plotted into a projected system to create a general understanding of a place.
article_snippet: With a new wealth of data designers have been able to improve maps, but this has primarily been through the increase of resolution, rather than a change in narrative.
article_snippet: The maps I've worked on attempt to take this wealth of data and ask what story can be told when we have so much available.
article_snippet: The maps I've worked on attempt to take this wealth of data and ask what story can be told when we have so much available.'
highlights_snippet: Maps have improved because of ‘increase of resolution rather than a change in narrative,' London-based designer Michael Pecirno told Dailymail.com .
  