ISBN:
9781786807427
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource (190 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Series Statement:
Radical Geography
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
305
Keywords:
Equality
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Social sciences
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Who shapes our digital landscapes, and why are so many people excluded from them?.
Abstract:
Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Series Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 We All Are Digital Geographers -- The cartographic attributes of the invisible -- From cosmographies to digital geographies -- Maps are not the territory -- 2 When the Map Becomes the Territory -- Pre-digital geographies of information -- Democratising geographies and economies? -- 3 Making Digital Geographies -- The collection of geospatial data -- Organising the information -- A geospatial platform ecology -- Two complementary approaches -- 4 A Geography of Digital Geographies -- How to 'map' digital maps -- The world according to Wikipedia -- A gallery of digital maps -- A global map? -- 5 Digital Augmentations of the City -- How to map Google Maps -- The city according to Google -- A geolinguistic hegemony? -- 6 Who are the Map-Makers? -- Who contributes to Wikipedia? -- Information environments -- Participation environments -- Limits to the universal platform? -- 7 Information Power and Inequality -- Wikipedia's geolinguistic contours -- Information equity and spatial contestation -- What are the responsibilities of the map-maker? -- 8 Towards More Just Digital Geographies -- Introduction -- Principles for the digital geographies of the future -- Building digital geographies of the future? -- What comes next? -- Epilogue -- Appendix -- Reference tables -- Data sources -- Methodology for Chapter 5 -- Bibliography -- Index.
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