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This is one of the oldest maps in the world dating from 2300 b.c.
It shows the city of Babylon on the Euphrates river also showing Assyria and Uratu. -
Around 100 a.d. Claudius Ptolemy made a work called Geographike hyphygesis (Guide to Geography), which was used until the Rennaissance.
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In the Early middle ages these primative maps could be found in illuminated manuscripts in religious works. It is made to look as if Jerusalem is the center of the world.
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After Johannes Gutenburg invented the printing press, Maps bacame much more common
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Scientific methods of mapmaking created much more accurate maps, with the tool of printing maps became widespread.
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The United States Geological Survey is created to conduct the "classification of the public lands."
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With the introduction of aircraft, maps mecame more and more accurate.
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With early radar technology cartographers were able to see through the clouds.
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NASA launched Landsat 1 which took the first pictures of earth to be used for cartographic reasons.
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In 1999 NASA launched its first Earth Observing System into space, which instead of taking images measured all of Earths processes.
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This technology can tell people where they are no matter where they are. This technology can also be used for scientific reasons such ass studying erosion.
