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In search for a geospatial book to read? The Map Room recently discussed or reviewed several map-related books. First is a discussion on the following books [Amazon links]:
Cartographia: Mapping Civilizations,
National Geographic Concise Atlas of the World, Second Edition, The Natures of Maps, Coast Lines, American Boundaries, Terra Incognita and Going to Texas. Then there's a short discussion on the book Atlas of Radical Cartography: "[...] a collection of 10 maps and 10 essays about social issues from globalization to garbage; surveillance to extraordinary rendition; statelessness to visibility; deportation to migration." Then there's a review of the book Our Dumb World and points out the book places are available on a Google Maps layer: "Our Dumb World takes the piss out of the planet, simultaneously riffing on the foibles of the nations of the world and on our stereotyped, blinkered perceptions of them. It relies to a certain extent on our perceptions of other countries: there are lots of jokes to be had at Brazil’s expense, so its entry is richer, longer and funnier than, say, Belgium’s, which is a one-note chocolate joke." Finally, there a review of the book Longitude: "In an age of pervasive GPS signals, it’s easy to forget that determining your location was not at all straightforward until relatively recently. Calculating latitude has always been simpler than calculating longitude."
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From the PPGIS.net Blog : an Atlas of Radical Cartography published by The Journal of Aesthetics and Protest, makes an important contribution to a growing cultural movement that traverses the boundaries between art, cartography, geography and activism. It pairs writers with artists, architects, designers and collectives to address the role of the map as political agent (rather than neutral document). Ten mapping projects dealing with social and political issues such as migration, incarceration, globalization, housing rights, garbage and energy issues, are complemented by 10 critical essays and dialogues responding to each map.
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