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It's All About the Presentation: Maps and Data Making Job and Life Simpler

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It's All About the Presentation: Maps and Data   Making Job and Life Simpler Maps are seen by their readers as neutral carriers of information, and thus have the power to persuade without appearing to do so "because the myths they contain are naturalized within the system of 'facts'." -- William Owen, quoting in part Denis Wood -"The Power of Maps" I have found that most people in the engineering and environmental industry tend to be map geeks. I don't mean "geek" in a derogatory way. The word "geek" can be considered a complement since geeks seem to be the richest and most powerful people in the world, these days. For people in the engineering and environmental  business, we know a well managed project starts with a good base map. Knowing where things are located in relation to other site features is critical. State of the art GPS survey technology is helping make very precise base maps. In addition, we "geeks" know