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One comment about my compass rose changed everything...
I was posting my 1830s map of Vermont's lost towns in here a few weeks back and someone said my compass rose was way too big for the page. They were right, I scaled it down by 40% and now the whole layout breathes so much better. Has anyone else gotten feedback that totally flipped how you design your map recreations?
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miller.eva24d agoMost Upvoted
Stopped using national parks as basemaps after someone pointed out the survey lines were 40 years off.
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vera_sanchez23d ago
Started noticing this same thing with Google Maps last month when i was trying to find an old hiking trail. The satellite image showed a clear path but the overlay had it like 50 feet off in the woods. @miller.eva it blows my mind how much we just trust these tools without checking the dates. GPS coordinates shift too, not just basemaps. My buddy works construction and says they always flag old survey markers because the ground literally moves over time from erosion and whatever. Makes you wonder what other "facts" we're using that are secretly out of date.
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