A map depicting future political boundaries.
A map showing fictional territories from a novel.
A map that reflects the geographical and political boundaries of the past.
A modern map used for navigation.
Old borders, cities, significant events, and ancient names of places.
Current weather patterns and traffic updates.
Locations of famous modern landmarks.
Coordinates of contemporary shipping routes.
They help engineers design contemporary buildings.
They help us understand how geography and boundaries have changed over time.
They predict future climate changes.
They provide recent satellite images.
They provide visual context for historical events, helping to understand where and how events took place.
They help design new geographical models.
They automate the study of ancient languages.
They display only contemporary events.
Historians, cartographers, and geographers using old records and research.
Meteorologists using weather data.
Economists using financial indicators.
Technicians using digital graphics software.
Predicting future border changes.
Displaying real-time traffic information.
Including contemporary technology hubs.
Including features such as roads and cities as they existed at a specific time in history.
They may contain outdated information or be based on limited knowledge from the time they were made.
They frequently update their data sources.
They use current satellite images.
They reflect only modern scientific findings.
Tools like GIS (Geographic Information Systems).
Astrological charts and crystal balls.
Physics simulations and models.
Telephone directories and newspapers.
They reflect past geography and events, while modern maps show current information.
They are accurate in predicting future events.
They are mostly used for weather forecasting.
They highlight live traffic updates.
The Tabula Rogeriana, created in 1154 by Muslim geographer Muhammad al-Idrisi.
The map found in most 21st-century atlases.
A satellite map from NASA.
The weather map on television news.
They illustrate the extent of empires at their peak and show how they expanded or contracted over time.
They reflect only the economic developments of an empire.
They focus on predicting future economic growth.
They suggest contemporary political strategies.
Historical maps can show ancient trade routes, such as the Silk Road, or the Spice Routes.
They display current shipping and flight paths.
They list modern trade agreements.
They show contemporary logistical infrastructure.
It usually includes a date from the past and shows features or boundaries relevant to that time period.
It uses colorful satellite imagery.
It provides real-time GPS tracking.
It has an interactive digital interface.
Explorers provided information and sketches that cartographers used to create maps of new territories.
They used modern GPS systems to plot maps.
They only worked with digital technology to create maps.
They excluded any findings from other historical cartographers.