The ancient people had a very inaccurate idea of the size and shape of the Earth. They represented it in strange ways, imagining it was shaped like a flat disc surrounded by mysterious seas and oceans.
At one time it took a great deal of patient, detailed work to draw the map of a region. Today, cartography, as the art of map drawing is called, is done very rapidly and with great accuracy.
Maps are now drawn by computers which can read photographs of regions taken from the air. A greater number of maps are now produced than ever before, giving more diverse and accurate information.
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