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‘The Unintended Consequences of Knowing Where We Are’
A New Yorker piece by Shayla Love looks at the consequences of our increasing dependence on GPS. It’s nominally about Katherine Dunn’s new book, Little Blue Dot (previously), but it’s one of those pieces that… More

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Who Are the Gatekeepers in Cartography?
Antonio Antoine also has something to say about generative AI in cartography. As I did in my piece about generative AI, he takes as his starting point the question of gatekeeping; unlike me, he’s coming… More

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Lee Schwartz on That Messed Up Map of Africa
Lee Schwartz, current CEO of the American Geographical Society and former Geographer at the U.S. State Department, has some words about the U.S. government map that messed up Africa at a conference last month (previously).… More

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Alzheimer’s and Taxi Drivers: Hold on a Minute
In 2024 I blogged about a study that found the lowest incidence of Alzheimer’s-related mortality among ambulance and taxi drivers. At the time I noted that the study had a bunch of caveats and was… More

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Future-Proofing Geospatial Technology
Bill Dollins has been thinking about how to future-proof geospatial data infrastructure. When we design systems expected to last for years or decades, we tend to ask which technologies will still be around. Will PostGIS… More

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