“The Map Against the World“ is the historical film based on an amazing story of Korean*geographer and cartographer, Kim Jeong-Ho. The life of Kim, although not well known in the western hemisphere, is a perfect scenario for a book or movie.
The story begins with an incorrect map which*lead to the death of Kim Jeong-ho’s father. This event made him devote his life to make his own map of Korea, while at that times geographic information was a privilege only of the royal family. Beginning in 1830, Kim traveled through Korea for 30 years gathering information.*In 1861 he finally published his life’s work – the map called Daedongyeojido – “The Great Map of the East Land”. It was a large wood-cut map drawn on a scale of 1:162,000. It consists of 22 sheets with a total area of 33 square meters and presents a huge level of detail. In fact it was so accurate that it provided the basis for the 1:50,000 scale maps produced by the modern triangulation methods in 1920.
“The Map Against the World“ is the first blockbuster map movie ever made.*It hit theaters in South Korea last week and we hope the it will be available for the rest of the world soon.
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The story begins with an incorrect map which*lead to the death of Kim Jeong-ho’s father. This event made him devote his life to make his own map of Korea, while at that times geographic information was a privilege only of the royal family. Beginning in 1830, Kim traveled through Korea for 30 years gathering information.*In 1861 he finally published his life’s work – the map called Daedongyeojido – “The Great Map of the East Land”. It was a large wood-cut map drawn on a scale of 1:162,000. It consists of 22 sheets with a total area of 33 square meters and presents a huge level of detail. In fact it was so accurate that it provided the basis for the 1:50,000 scale maps produced by the modern triangulation methods in 1920.
“The Map Against the World“ is the first blockbuster map movie ever made.*It hit theaters in South Korea last week and we hope the it will be available for the rest of the world soon.
The post This movie about a famous cartographer just hit theaters in South Korea appeared first on Geoawesomeness.