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1. The Map Makers

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Mike Parker explores the maps he fell in love with as a teenager - Ordnance Survey maps.

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores cartography, starting with a teenage love, Ordnance Survey maps. From 2010.

If a picture paints a thousand words, a map can paint a million. They help us navigate our way through unfamiliar landscapes and cities, entice us into new places and give us a bigger picture of the world we inhabit. 

Self-confessed map addict Mike Parker explores modern cartography navigating his way over ten episodes. 

He begins with the maps he first fell in love with as a teenager - Ordnance Survey maps.

Producer: Jeremy Grange

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2010.

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