Adding an AI tool to Google Earth shook our trust in maps that has been centuries in the making
An 1818 map of western Africa shows the continent bisected by the mythical 'Mountains of Kong', based on the explorations of Mungo Park. Image: John Pinkerton's A Modern Atlas via Wikimedia Commons Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe’s cartographers traded on their reputation for accuracy and detail at a time of huge societal change. […]
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