Beyond Google Earth
March 21st
Suuuper interesting piece about maps in In These Times last month… “For some, mapping has become a vibrant new language—a way to interpret the world, find like-minded folks and make fresh, sometimes radical, perspectives visible,” writes the author, Jessica Clark. “For others, maps portend threats to privacy and freedom of movement.”
Coolest new map application: We Feel Fine, a map that culls people’s emotions from blogs and organizes them geographically.
Most sobering: Worldmapper, where maps are distorted to represent “often preventable deaths” (Africa and India are puffed up and swollen and the U.S. and Europe reed-slim) and “deaths from non-communicable illnesses” (Asia and India dominate the image).
