"Two important characteristics of maps should be noticed. A map is not the territory it represents, but, if correct, it has a similar structure to the territory, which accounts for its usefulness."
— Map

January 1, 1970

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Alfred Korzybski, in Martin Dodge, et al., The Map Reader: Theories of Mapping Practice and Cartographic Representation, John Wiley & Sons, 9 May 2011, p. 60