The map is not the territory.
In my working life, I was a line designer for a utilities company. This involved creating drawings for the construction crews to work from when they tried to build it and the estimators when they costed the construction. An essential part of the design is scoping the site where the construction will take place. Consider this, if I design the line as if it is to be built over flat ground, the length of cable required will be different to the length necessary if the site is hilly. T... Read more