Friday, August 1, 2014

Propoganda Map of Texas



Propoganda Maps are geospatially distorted maps to show area in a particular viewpoint. This map of the U.S. depicts Texas as taking up the entire state. This comes from the Texas culture of "everything's bigger". Cultural views play a huge role in the creation of propaganda maps. Their very nature is used to falsify the proportion of a given area.

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