Time for “How to Lie with Maps - The Web Version”?
I just read “How Google Maps Can Save—and Disrupt—Lives” by Frank Patalong writing at Speigel Online. It’s a nice round up about how maps can be used for good or can “make trouble.” The article highlights how those pros and cons may be amplified by the Web itself. The themes in the article not really news to those who’ve studied maps and cartography and are watching how the Web becomes part of our societal framework.
Still, it may be time for Mark Monmonier (or someone as insightful) to “update” his classic “How to Lie with Maps” for the Web generation. (That book was required reading in Mr. Meyer’s cartography class in 19985.) Any takers?
by Adena Schutzberg on 02/10 at 10:42 AM |
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