Sovereigns, spooks, and hackers: An early history of google geo services and map mashups

Cartographica

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 261-274

  Dalton, Craig M ^a  

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Author keywords

mash up ; cartographie; cartographie critique; critical cartography; g oweb; geoweb; Google; hacker; hyperlocal; information g ographique volontaire; mapping; mashup; n og ographie; neogeography; pirate informatique; pouvoir souverain; sovereign power; volunteered geographic information

Indexed keywords

GIS; HISTORICAL CARTOGRAPHY; MAPPING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84890416562     PISSN: 03177173     EISSN: 19119925     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/carto.48.4.1621     Document Type: Review

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