In MAPPING, a Ryder rental van is turned into a mobile star-sighting observatory on a long voyage through Nebraska and Kansas as Morrison remeasures the size of the earth. It is only one of several challenges viewers will observe as Morrison explores the way mapmakers use the stars - natural and artificial alike - to determine their location on earth. Morrison also ventures beyond our world of 3-D or 4-D into a realm where ideas, concepts, and data - even music - are displayed visually for better comprehension.

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