Hillary Vance Map Projections

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

There are no general purpose maps….!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

“Every map is a purposeful selection from everything that is known, bent to the mapmaker’s ends. Every map serves a purpose. Every map advances an interest” (Seeing Through Maps).!

Not just for your hipster apartment.!

Not just for your hipster apartment.!

Are you a navigator in the 1500s? Or a child learning geography in a modern classroom? This map is for you! !

Used by Oxfam, National Council of Churches, New Internationalist magazine, and the Mennonite Central Committee. Not used by anyone else. !

Goode homolosine and Sinusoidal. Pseudo useful.!

Goode homolosine and Sinusoidal. Pseudo useful.!

Robinson projection and Van der Grinten projection!

Robinson projection and Van der Grinten projection!

This doesn’t fit my classroom walls. Pass.!

This doesn’t fit my classroom walls. Pass.!

As seen on the Winkel tripel projection, used by the National Geographic Society!

As seen on the Winkel tripel projection, used by the National Geographic Society!

As seen on the Winkel tripel projection, used by the National Geographic Society!

How’s your immapancy? (Insufficient geographical knowledge) !

Your life? Probably not important enough to include. !

Your life? Probably not important enough to include. !

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In space, no one can hear you complain about your compass. !

In space, no one can hear you complain about your compass. !

People on earth can be divided by something as simple and arbitrary as lines drawn on paper !

People on earth can be divided by something as simple and arbitrary as lines drawn on paper !

State of mind.!

State of mind.!

Gerrymandering – a stupid word.!

Gerrymandering – a stupid word.!

You’re all kangaroos. !

You’re all kangaroos. !

You’re all kangaroos. !

You’re all kangaroos. !

Hillary Vance

Thank You!