Photo illustration by Mark Riechers. Original images by Tamas Tuzes-Katai (CC0) and oxana v (CC0).
Mamata Akella is the former president of the North American Cartographic Information Society and chief cartographer for Felt, a digital mapping company. She creates maps for clients like the Smithsonian and the National Park Service. Akella argues that there are merits and serious downsides to paper and digital maps.