Theory

What is “territory”?

By Victor Temprano

Monday, April 9th, 2018

The most popular layer on the Native Land map — and the one I have turned on by default — is the “territories” layer. This is a bit of a paradox, because it’s both the most intuitively understandable layer and the most complicated to explain. The territories layer began as something quite straightforward: mapping something […]

A Question of Borders

By Victor Temprano

Saturday, December 30th, 2017

One of the most distinctive things about the Native Land maps are the borders. They overlap crazily and make a huge mess of colours. Why’s that?

What Year Does the Map Represent?

By Victor Temprano

Wednesday, December 20th, 2017

Does time really matter on maps? Of course it does. But how you map time depends on the purpose of your map.