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When politics meets maps there is no right
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When poli*cs meets maps there is no right The evolu*on of Agnos*c Cartography h9p://bigthink.com/ideas/21192
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Plagiarism alert You should read Google’s World: The Impact of “Agnos*c Cartographers” on the State-Dominated Interna*onal Legal System by Ethan Merel h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuchick142/7174038140
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Has the transi*on from paper to digital maps changed the way that cartographers represent poli*cal boundary disputes?
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Poli*cs and Cartography h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/glynlowe/6486627249 "Put simply, maps which depict legal borders are never objec*ve, at least not in the independently verifiable, scien*fic use of the word." (Merel)
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Poli*cal Geography is asser*on not physical observa*on Borders are man made, not engraved on the ground in perpetuity Borders change h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/thegforcers/8396110846
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Borders on paper maps h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/13302823524
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Look no borders 1535
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S*ll no borders - 1569
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Early borders 1807
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An early border dispute h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/9406947868
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Mont Blanc 1832
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Mont Blanc (French)1865
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Mont Blanc (Italy) 1869 18321865 1869
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Persian or Arabian Gulf? h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9449642223
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Persian Gulf 43
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Persian Gulf 1548
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Arabian Sea ca 1600
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Arabian Sea ca 1700
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Persian Gulf 1740
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Arabian Gulf ca 1948-67
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Alterna*ve reali*es can co- exist on paper
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The Interna*onal Map of the World
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Digital Chart of the World h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/stepaganini2/5621450410
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The First Google Maps War h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/3869243973
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Agnos*c Cartography h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/jhritz/409083204
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Google’s dispute resolu*on methodology The view of geographically relevant states The view of interna*onally authorita*ve bodies Primary Local Usage h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/miikas/140407410
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Mul*ple versions of the digital truth h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/peaceful-jp-scenery/15495578494
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Incorrect maps are worse than drugs or counterfeit currency
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Kashmir viewed from India
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Kashmir viewed from outside of India
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Arunachal Pradesh viewed from India
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Arunachal Pradesh viewed from outside India
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Crimea h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/grob7906/16248155805
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Crimea from Russia
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Crimea for Ukraine
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Guyana: Spanish or English?
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Guyana - OSM & Google Main Road Essequibo Coast Public Road
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OSM Dispute Methodology On the ground rule Direct observa*ons of: Signage What people call places Not on the basis of government declara*ons h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/anantns/6765139575
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Jerusalem
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OSM Jerusalem Name Dispute Edit war changing the “name” tag DWG decided the node would not have a name tag un*l all par*es could agree Specialist maps can render one of the language tags Request to not re-add a name tag or create a new city node un*l there is agreement h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/almos*nfamous/2734993657/
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What has changed? h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/familymwr/4928087969
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States s*ll seek to impose their ‘truth’ on mapmakers But new Agnos*c Cartographers make alterna*ve views available to a global audience h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/funcrush/7991844351
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Agnos*c Cartographers endeavour to apply process to the resolu*on of border and naming disputes h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/mibby23/11971530395
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Changing poli*cal reali*es are represented in online maps almost instantly h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/d6478coke/3874771678
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200 disputes to resolve today. We are going to be talking about this for a while! h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/isfullofcrap/25611687444
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That’s it! www.knowhwere.co.uk Slides at bit.ly/PolMapDeck Notes at bit.ly/PolMapNotes
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