Cartography seems to be about trivia, like Cyc. Doesn’t seem to be the right connotation.
That reminds me of a scene from the Arrested Development pilot.
Narrator: Thanks to the family’s largesse, Buster has studied everything from Native American tribal ceremonies… Narrator: …to cartography, the mapping of uncharted territories. Buster: Actually, I’m studying cartography now — the mapping of uncharted territories. Michael: Sure. Hasn’t everything already sort of been discovered, though, by, like Magellan and Cortes? NASA, you know? Buster: Oh, yeah, yeah. Michael: Those people. Buster: But there’s still… Lucile: (appearing between her sons) Never hurts to double-check.
Narrator: Thanks to the family’s largesse, Buster has studied everything from Native American tribal ceremonies…
Narrator: …to cartography, the mapping of uncharted territories.
Buster: Actually, I’m studying cartography now — the mapping of uncharted territories.
Michael: Sure. Hasn’t everything already sort of been discovered, though, by, like Magellan and Cortes? NASA, you know?
Buster: Oh, yeah, yeah.
Michael: Those people.
Buster: But there’s still…
Lucile: (appearing between her sons) Never hurts to double-check.
Cartography seems to be about trivia, like Cyc. Doesn’t seem to be the right connotation.
That reminds me of a scene from the Arrested Development pilot.