Bogus forecast

The Economist describes the boom in digital mapping with a story including the most preposterous graph of 2017.

The graph appears to be a solid, clean, better than average business bar chart.

But it only has one actual data point! And we don’t learn what amount that is. There is a phrase for an untethered forecast reaching more than 30 years into the future. It is made up.

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