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Place Names

Explore what names can reveal about a place, and what they cannot.

Our point of view

A map is a view, not the whole place

We look at the choices behind maps and the details beneath them. The aim is not to memorise every label, but to ask better questions about where we are.

  1. How to Read a Map Scale Bar Without Misjudging Distance
  2. Ridge, Spur or Valley: Reading the Lines on a Topographic Map
  3. Before the Street Sign: How Place Names Took Their Forms

About the Compass