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comment by veen
veen  ·  3595 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: World War II Led to a Revolution in Cartography

I don't think the criticisms are because they are inaccurate. My guess is that his 'maps' were not scientific enough. They appear to be photos taken from space (even though they are still projections, a photo taken from an infinite distance) instead of proper cartographically correct maps, which never pretend to be anything but a map.

That, or they were just jealous of his skills. Who wouldn't be?