# How Maps Interpret Earth and Other Worlds

Whether on paper or phone screens, we 21st-century humans are so used to maps as infallible reference points that it’s easy to forget every map is a subjective interpretation of place-based reality. Using examples from the Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, this program explores the creative ideas and scientific innovations that made today’s maps possible.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2025
- Runtime: 30 min
- By: Mattson, Lena
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/video-11144/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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