The Map Maker in A Changing World Chicago - In the old days quick change artists were usually found in Vaudeville Theatres. Today they are in Chicago making maps. At least the modern prototype of the old stage performer is for the making of maps these days is a complicated business with quick and unpredictable maneuvres. The Russians capture a town or a railroad terminus and the Nazi Army Retreats; The Japs take Singapore and a flood destroys a boundary line. All these changes are recorded by The Rand. McNally map makers for globes and atlases must be accurate to the finest detail. America's interest centers today in the Pacific, a battlefield covering more than half the earth's surface. Distances and plane and ship speeds are all important in this war. Without a clear conception of these one has a hard time making head or tail out of the daily movements of the conflicting armed forces. The best way to follow the troops and the ships is with a map, globe or atlas. All flat maps embody a certain amount of distortion because one can't flatten out the surface of a sphere without stretching or tearing it. Most world maps, therefore, do not give a true picture of the scene. From a map it would appear that the shortest distance from Tokyo to Chicago is due east through San Francisco. Actually, the route is through the Aleutian Islands. In this second world war, one needs a globe and a map. Boundary changes do not bother cartographers today nearly as much as the rapidity and unpredictableness with which war jumps from place to place. Japan, Australia, England, Russia, Germany, Southern Europe, It's all over. Map makers confess that they are not much better than Mr. Average citizen at guessing where the shooting will be next. Here, a big globe is being given a final polish by Stanley Wieland.
The Map Maker in A Changing World Chicago - In the old days quick change artists were usually found in Vaudeville Theatres. Today they are in Chicago making maps. At least the modern prototype of the old stage performer is for the making of maps these days is a complicated business with quick and unpredictable maneuvres. The Russians capture a town or a railroad terminus and the Nazi Army Retreats; The Japs take Singapore and a flood destroys a boundary line. All these changes are recorded by The Rand. McNally map makers for globes and atlases must be accurate to the finest detail. Americas interest centers today in the Pacific, a battlefield covering more than half the earths surface. Distances and plane and ship speeds are all important in this war. Without a clear conception of these one has a hard time making head or tail out of the daily movements of the conflicting armed forces. The best way to follow the troops and the ships is with a map, globe or atlas. All flat maps embody a certain amount of distortion because one cant flatten out the surface of a sphere without stretching or tearing it. Most world maps, therefore, do not give a true picture of the scene. From a map it would appear that the shortest distance from Tokyo to Chicago is due east through San Francisco. Actually, the route is through the Aleutian Islands. In this second world war, one needs a globe and a map. Boundary changes do not bother cartographers today nearly as much as the rapidity and unpredictableness with which war jumps from place to place. Japan, Australia, England, Russia, Germany, Southern Europe, Its all over. Map makers confess that they are not much better than Mr. Average citizen at guessing where the shooting will be next. Here, a big globe is being given a final polish by Stanley Wieland.
The Map Maker in A Changing World Chicago - In the old days quick change artists were usually found in Vaudeville Theatres. Today they are in Chicago making maps. At least the modern prototype of the old stage performer is for the making of maps these days is a complicated business with quick and unpredictable maneuvres. The Russians capture a town or a railroad terminus and the Nazi Army Retreats; The Japs take Singapore and a flood destroys a boundary line. All these changes are recorded by The Rand. McNally map makers for globes and atlases must be accurate to the finest detail. America's interest centers today in the Pacific, a battlefield covering more than half the earth's surface. Distances and plane and ship speeds are all important in this war. Without a clear conception of these one has a hard time making head or tail out of the daily movements of the conflicting armed forces. The best way to follow the troops and the ships is with a map, globe or atlas. All flat maps embody a certain amount of distortion because one can't flatten out the surface of a sphere without stretching or tearing it. Most world maps, therefore, do not give a true picture of the scene. From a map it would appear that the shortest distance from Tokyo to Chicago is due east through San Francisco. Actually, the route is through the Aleutian Islands. In this second world war, one needs a globe and a map. Boundary changes do not bother cartographers today nearly as much as the rapidity and unpredictableness with which war jumps from place to place. Japan, Australia, England, Russia, Germany, Southern Europe, It's all over. Map makers confess that they are not much better than Mr. Average citizen at guessing where the shooting will be next. Here, a big globe is being given a final polish by Stanley Wieland.
