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A map is really a
model of the world
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or any piece of land that
you're trying to depict.
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It's not reality,
it's a model,
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so it shows some of the
things that are there,
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it tries to depict them
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as accurately as
possible to that scale,
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but it's really just a picture
of a section of the world.
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Ever since I was a
kid I had maps
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and everywhere I'd go
I'd gather new maps.
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I'm not sure what
the attraction is,
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I just like to be able to
see the land depicted this way.
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I've always been very
curious about where things are
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and why they're
named what they are
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and how to get from
place to place,
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so I have a lifelong
fascination with maps.
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Hi, I am a person who
can take an atlas,
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a Rand McNally Atlas, road
map of the United States
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and spend hours reading.
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And I'll be in one state,
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then I'll think of something
else and go to that state
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and go over, and
yeah, I love maps.
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I think they're
just fantastic.
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I like to hold a
physical map
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and then I like to just
feel my way through things,
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and I've got a pretty
good internal compass,
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so rarely get lost.
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I have bins of maps;
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in fact, just three days ago I
threw away an entire bin of maps
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because I was collecting
state and city highway maps
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all across the U.S.,
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and I realized that,
that wasn't necessary.
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I like to know exactly
how to get places,
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I like to
know the path,
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and I usually draw
maps in my head
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when I'm
not given one.
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Well, the first
year I was here
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the Superintendent gave
me the assignment
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of managing the Yosemite,
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you know,
backcountry areas,
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and I made a particular map of
where I had gone that year.
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So starting in 1971,
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I had a mark
on the map,
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and then each year I would
indicate in a different color
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or with a different pattern
the trail that I had hiked.
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I finally gave up
marking on it in 1994,
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because I didn't
have anymore colors
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and the trails were starting
to obscure the other areas,
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and that's the point
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I decided to transfer the
information to the computer.
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