I am a cartographer, do you know what that is?
Of course!  It's the study of making maps.
Yes, it is an interesting profession, but one I feel is maybe a neich, since everything is going digital
I think it'll still have it's place, since one of the tenants is that maps can be built in a way that communicate the information effectively, even digitally.
that is true, the love for maps is similar to the love for books, even when digital is there you love to get your hands on the paper one
My favorite thing about maps is that they can represent anything, be it real or imagined, so I especially love maps in fantasy books.
Like Tolken? In cartography, technology has continually changed in order to meet the demands of new generations of mapmakers and map users
Exactly like Tolkien!  A lot of his stories were made just to fill in what happened in the maps he made and languages he developed.
Maps can also be used just for nautical sailing or just land mass, there are so many possibilities, I also love a story you read and then can see the places on a map
History of cartography
The history of cartography traces the development of cartography, or mapmaking technology, in human history. Maps have been one of the most important human inventions for millennia. People have created and used maps to help them define, explain, and navigate their way through the world. Earliest archaeological maps include cave paintings to ancient maps of Babylon, Greece, China, and India. They began as two-dimensional drawings, and for some time at least in Europe, the Earth was thought to be flat.
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