The first recognisably modern weather maps appeared in the early 19th century, when proto-meteorologists stitched together eyewitness accounts of large storms to construct maps after the event.

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Modern Warfare 3 gave us new maps, one or two new guns and perks and called it a day.

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As they planned, another colleague suggested using their trip as an opportunity to collaborate with the Google Maps team, and their modern-day cartography mission was born.

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