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Crockett wrote:Cave cartographers can produce a map of a cave they have never entered or seen and use the work of people they have never meet.
The nature of cave photography requires the photographer to enter the cave and use mostly their own work.
I could tighten up this sloppy contrasting statement but it's late on the mountain.
NWSurveyor wrote: I don't think cartographers map for artistic reasons.
Aaron Addison wrote:NWSurveyor wrote: I don't think cartographers map for artistic reasons.
wow. guess we should shut down the cartography salon.
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LukeM wrote:Aaron Addison wrote:NWSurveyor wrote: I don't think cartographers map for artistic reasons.
wow. guess we should shut down the cartography salon.
AA
I'm not aware of anyone who creates maps because the salon exists. Maybe it motivates them to finish up old maps, but surely the original intention for a cave map is nearly always for purposes other than competition. It's also not obvious that cartographers submitting to the salon have to be mapping for artistic reasons.
Extremeophile wrote:LukeM wrote:Aaron Addison wrote:
wow. guess we should shut down the cartography salon.
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I'm not aware of anyone who creates maps because the salon exists. Maybe it motivates them to finish up old maps, but surely the original intention for a cave map is nearly always for purposes other than competition. It's also not obvious that cartographers submitting to the salon have to be mapping for artistic reasons.
About the only cave maps that lack artistic qualities are line plots. Once you start drawing, aesthetics come into play.
LukeM wrote: we're talking about intentions, not the end result.
Extremeophile wrote:LukeM wrote: we're talking about intentions, not the end result.
The exact same could be said of photography. Many photos are taken to just document a time and place, and there may be little in the way of artistic intent. Again, I think there are more similarities between cartography and photography than differences.
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