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Mapping, Society, and Technology is a free and open text on reading, using, and creating maps. It also explores how maps reflect the relationship between society and technology. Mapping is an essential form of scientific and artistic inquiry as well as a trillion dollar business. People, companies, and governments use and misuse maps and map technology to tell stories, save lives, rig elections, and spy on you.
Companion material
Companion material
Folder with all material noted below
Labs are short self guided tours of hands-on mapping.
Mapping data
Scale and projection
Symbolization and simplification
Analysis
Analysis in the world
Lying with maps
Tracking people
Social maps
Careers
Activities are short explorations of mapping topics.
Syllabus quiz
Geospatial revolution
Data scenarios
Scale and projection
Bad maps
Simplification
Maps in the wild
Gerrymandering
Surveillance scenarios
Social maps
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