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The term ‘cartography’ only appeared in the early 19 century and since then has been primarily applied to the creation of printed paper products. However the more fundamental essence of ‘cartography’ can be characterised as an expression of one of humanity’s most ancient impulses mapping. This paper reviews its origins, nature and growth and, with the increasing support of technology, its key r...

The electronic chips that have revolutionized our world are architectural marvels. Transistors, ~50 nm long, are etched in siliconwith remarkable precision. We who work with floppy biological cells in a watery world might be forgiven for thinking that such precision and order are not achievable and may not be necessary for the proper functioning of living cells. Immunofluorescence images of cel...

Acknowledging recent questions about the meaning and status of cartography in a world dominated by information and communication technologies, this paper proposes, for the sake of argument, that cartography has had a longer and stronger history than any alternative movements. The technological diversions of recent decades are seen as having contributed to, rather than diminished the power of ca...