some things about maps

like guns and crosses, maps can be good or bad, depending on who’s holding them, who they’re aimed at, how they’re used, and why. here are some examples... or this one about why the terminator is the terminator...

here is an old one of mexico city...

[dated 1720, this map was produced by the government of mexico city in order to improve urban sanitation through the collection of garbage. it shows the central part of the city in detail, including names of streets, plazas, hospitals, hospices, columns, small squares, arches, and other places. (from the world digital library)].