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"The fundamental event of the modern age is the conquest of the world as picture." - Heidegger, "The Age of the World Picture"
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Among the most influential taxonomic projects that emerged from
Contents
Historical Context
Sundials - The original Real-Time Display
Ptolemy - Projecting the Grid
The Shape of the Earth - Towards a more precise map
Longitude and the World-Picture
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Greenwich and the Longitude Prize
Timekeeping, Synchronicity, and Nodal Representation
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Legacies of the flat representation of Curvilinear Space
Staying Tuned: Towards a Distributed Nomadic Standard
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Although the cartographic achievements that proliferated in the wake of Harrison's chronometer heralded in an era of unprecedented accuracy in Cartography, perhaps its greater legacy was its