Notes on the political and scientific impact of digital maps and geospatial imagery

[TL;DR: Google appears to be voluntarily tampering with its maps to appease the local populations of Russia and Ukraine, rather than being forced to do so by local laws, which was the case until now.] What can we infer about Google’s technology, politics and business from observing its approach to mapping Crimea, a few weeks after the invasion and subsequent annexation of the region by Russia? Technology: We’ve long known Google has the ability to serve different mapping datasets to different Google top-level domain properties. For example, different-language versions of Google Maps will show you different toponyms. However, some local versions of Maps also differ in their boundaries: In China, ditu.google.cn shows Arunachal Pradesh as being Chinese, rather than disputed; in India, maps.google.co.in shows Aksai Chin as being Indian, rather than disputed. And in South Korea, maps.google.kr prevents you from zooming in on satellite imagery.

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Teaching with Google Earth Created by Glenn A. Richard, Mineral Physics Institute, Stony Brook University A Complete Guide to Using Google Earth in the Geoscience Classroom Scribble Maps, une application gratuite en ligne pour un travail simple de géographie avec de jeunes élèves Les projets de recherche auxquels EducTice participe. Les recherches EducTice reposent sur des contrats et des conventions qui impliquent des partenariats en particulier pour constituer l'équipe d'accueil S2HEP. Projets européens Google Earth Hacks blog The system we have been using for file comment was hand-built years ago, and really it was rather crude. To simplify things, we’ve just implemented the Comment system using the Facebook JavaScript SDK. This system looks nicer, and should be much easier to use.

Google Maps: 100+ Best Tools and Mashups Most people think of Google Maps in terms of finding a place or business, or getting directions from one point to another. Others use the satellite images and terrain mapping features. But there are tons of other uses out there for Google maps. From mapping the weather and news to mapping things that aren't maps at all, like paintings or magazines, Google Maps has a lot to offer. And there are free tools available out there for those who want to use the Google Maps API without doing a bunch of coding. Here are more than 100 of the best mashups and tools out there right now. À quoi sert la néogéographie (introduction) Aujourd’hui nous entamons une série de plusieurs billets sur la néogéographie. L’objectif est de présenter cette notion et d’étudier ce qu’elle permet réellement. À quoi sert la néogéographie (introduction)

Online Kaarten Real Time Google Maps A new section, 'real-time maps', has been added to the Google Maps Mania Directory today. Here are the initial Google Maps mashups added to the directory in this category: TwitterVisionTwitterVision is the granddaddy of real time Google Maps mashups. The map pulls in Tweets from Twitter plots them on the fly. Monde géonumérique Using Google Earth Explore Your World - Virtual Globetrotting GeoInWeb — GeoWeb, Information géographique, Mashups, APIs carto Google LatLong Tout sur Google Earth - Portail