Maps

Cartography, or map making, has played a critical role in representing spatial concepts for thousands of years. While the earliest forms of maps displayed ...

While maps have always been seen as a tool that represents a snapshot of a moment in time and a beautiful image to look at, maps of the future will give us real-time information and pull data from thousands of sources to give us information about our cities. [maps](https://www.archdaily.com/tag/maps) to plan out entire future towns. [maps](https://www.archdaily.com/tag/maps) are created using [GIS (Geographic Information Science)](https://gis.usc.edu/blog/why-is-gis-important-in-urban-planning/?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com) software, combining data points to understand a city’s current state and future needs. [The future of maps and the mapping process](https://imiamaps.org/the-future-of-the-map-the-map-of-the-future/?utm_medium=website&utm_source=archdaily.com) will include even more technological advancements. The first Nolli Map documents every building and every public space, including publicly accessible spaces located within buildings, to fully understand what was shared space and what was private. Maps of this time were important because they depicted Greece as the center of the world, surrounded by vast oceans.