For millenia, humans have felt the need to understand the world in which we live. Everything we have discovered has been translated into maps, which have become increasingly precise over the centuries. In this program, learn about cartography: the science of map-making. How do we represent the spherical surface of the Earth on a map?

Originally released by Cerebellum Corporation, 2013. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on July 10, 2018.

History of Cartography (5:07); --Islam in the Present (3:40); -- Cartographic Technique: Spheres Made Flat (2:17); -- The Problem with Greenland (2:51); -- Present Day Cartography (2:09); -- A Look From Afar (2:51); -- Summary (4:16); -- Credits: Cartography (2:25); .