CUST 1535H Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Google Earth, Stabilisation Force In Bosnia And Herzegovina, Urban Computing
16 Mar 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Maps are interdisciplinary artifacts - john harley. A lot of work that deals wit the history of maps talks about the various relationships between mapmaking and anxiety. Maps have been used for propaganda and or to validate a speci c position/point of view. Cartographic critique is an interpretive act it i s not about assessing truth and. Cognitive describes the image from the apollo missions as amazing. Laura kurgan: digital maps provide accuracy and precision at the cost of disorientation. Like most technologiess, gis as a military invention. There is anxiety and concern about its use by state authoritie sfor surveillance purposes. Paul kingsbury: google earth offers possibilities for new readings of techno-culture that are far from dystopic options of apollonian control . Ephemeral media technologies have led to the development of an urban computing industry which attempts to enhance urban experience using information technologies. Though urban computing environments are interactive the engineers do not want to capture our attention.
