article_snippet: But while maps such Google Street View help us better find places, one designer claims our understanding of the wider landscape remains far too basic.
article_snippet: Now London-based Michael Pecirno is attempting to change this using minimalist maps of the US that single out specific features such forests, crops and the nation’s urban sprawl.
article_snippet: Using minimalist maps of the US landscape that single out specific features, London-based designer London-based Michael Pecirno is hoping to give people a better understanding of the US landscape.
article_snippet: With advances in mapping technology we're still primarily left with two dominate maps – the political and the physical,London-based Michael Pecirno told DailyMail.com.
article_snippet: By focusing each map on a single subject, the designer hopes to help people better visualise and understand the landscape in which people live.
article_snippet: Using this data and digital mapping tools, I've plotted the most dominate types of the American landscape into the most dominate types of the American landscape own maps,' said Mr Pecirno. '
article_snippet: And while the most dominate types of the American landscape are perhaps still physical maps, where the most dominate types of the American landscape differ is that the most dominate types of the American landscape do not attempt to curate numerous features into a collaged map.'
article_snippet: While hearing that value is impressive, there is little way right now for us to visualise what 4.83 per cent of the American landscape looks like, Mr Pecirno said.
article_snippet: By focusing each map on a single subject, London-based designer Michael Pecirno hopes to help people better visualise and understand the landscape in which people live.
article_snippet: London-based designer Michael Pecirno maps look at features such as the distribution of grassland, urban sprawl, shrubs, evergreen, deciduous forests, water and corn.
highlights_snippet: London-based designer Michael Pecirno says today's maps prevent us from focusing on the wider landscape .
  
highlights_snippet: London-based designer Michael Pecirno series aims to change this by revealing single features such as grass, corn shrubs and the urban sprawl .