Territories, Coordinates, Grids

The cartographic plane. Is an extensive plane or surface of matter and material. It is mother earth. It precedes the map but is always mapped. It is navigated by coordinates, locations and positions that require instrumentation, paths of travel (by airship or by rail, or by ship). It is territorialized by political forces, warring nations, business moguls, mines, and mineralists. It involves either use of a Cartesian grid or Vectorial navigation.