• Title: Shifts in Mapping: Maps as a Tool of Knowledge
• Author(s) Christine Schranz
• Publisher: transcript publishing (November 27, 2021); eBook (Creative Commons Licensed)
• License(s): Creative Commons License (CC)
• Paperback: 294 pages
• eBook: PDF and PDF Files
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3837660419
• ISBN-13: 978-3837660418
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Depicting the world, territory, and geopolitical realities involves a high degree of interpretation and imagination. It is never neutral. Cartography originated in ancient times to represent the world and to enable circulation, communication, and economic exchange. Today, IT companies are a driving force in this field and change our view of the world; how we communicate, navigate, and consume globally.

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