Maps From: Social Studies Review | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright California Council for the Social Studies Spring 2003. Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

"Geography is the art of the mappable."

Haggett 1990

"So important is the use of maps in geographic work that... it seems fair to suggest to the geographer if the problem cannot be studied fundamentally by maps... then it is questionable whether or not it is within the field of Geography."

Hartshorne 1939

"The map speaks across the barriers of communication."

Sauer 1956

These quotes from three notable geographers make it clear: the map is an essential tool and component of geography. The map, defined as a representation of Earth's surface showing its physical and human characteristics, is the ...

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