Mapping the digital empire: Google earth and the process of postmodern cartography

New Media and Society

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 869-888

  Farman, Jason ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cartography; digital mapping; geographical information systems; Google; information visualization; social networking; user generated content

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955609358     PISSN: 14614448     EISSN: 14617315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461444809350900     Document Type: Article

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