Should be of interest for #OpenStreetMap fellows. Free sample of a course in #Geography, #OpenLearn’s “Why #Maps are Made” looks at maps in everyday life, their uses and their importance. Assessing the political importance of maps, it examines how we read maps and evaluate the information contained within them, looking at the values embedded in both maps themselves and our perceptions of them.

https://www.open.edu/openlearn/society-politics-law/geography/why-maps-are-made/content-section-0