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Featured Article The Importance of Antique Maps A map is generally classified as the basic representation of a space. In relation, it denotes many definitions depending on its usage and purpose. For example, an explorer will define a map as a navigational instrument used to sketch out directions and locations of a certain area or place. However, its exact description is based entirely in science. It is defined as a 2D (two dimension) device that precisely stands for a 3D (three dimension) space. The first ever map was found and excavated in the prehistoric era of the Stone Age. One of the oldest antique maps is written in the walls of the Catal Huyuk in the present-day Turkey. It was traced back at around 6200 BC. Most antique maps represent not only the scientific view of the world, it also depicts myth-related points of view relating to non-scientific cosmography. For example, one antique map illustrates Jerusalem as the center of the Earth (in reference to Jerusalem's title as the Holy Land). Other antique maps also portray religious figures as part of the physical world; the body of Jesus Christ is the also the body of the Earth. Their is also an Asian antique map illustrating the Earth on top of a giant turtle. Cartography (from the Greek words chartis = map and graphein = write) is also known as the science of mapmaking. It is the study and art revolving around maps. With the use of modern technology like the computer-aided design (CAD) software and the Geographic Information System (GIS), mapmaking is revolutionized into new heights. One clear example of this is the 3D graphics application of Google Earth. It is a merge feature of Keyhole and Google Maps. Google Earth can sight, using aerial photography and satellite images from outer space, the Earth's panorama in great and almost precise detail. Copyright © 2005 Internet Antique Deals. All rights reserved.