When politics meets maps there is no right
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Whenpoli*csmeetsmaps
thereisnoright
Theevolu*onofAgnos*cCartography
h9p://bigthink.com/ideas/21192
Plagiarismalert
YoushouldreadGoogle’sWorld:TheImpactof“Agnos*cCartographers”ontheState-DominatedInterna*onalLegalSystembyEthanMerel
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/lsuchick142/7174038140
Hasthetransi*onfrompapertodigitalmapschangedthewaythat
cartographersrepresentpoli*calboundarydisputes?
Poli*csandCartography
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/glynlowe/6486627249
"Putsimply,mapswhichdepictlegalbordersareneverobjec*ve,atleastnotintheindependentlyverifiable,scien*ficuseoftheword."(Merel)
Poli*calGeographyisasser*onnotphysical
observa*onBordersaremanmade,notengravedonthegroundin
perpetuityBorderschange
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/thegforcers/8396110846
Bordersonpapermaps
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/13302823524
Looknoborders1535
S*llnoborders-1569
Earlyborders1807
Anearlyborderdispute
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/mypubliclands/9406947868
MontBlanc1832
MontBlanc(French)1865
MontBlanc(Italy)1869 18321865
1869
PersianorArabianGulf?
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/nasa2explore/9449642223
PersianGulf43
PersianGulf1548
ArabianSeaca1600
ArabianSeaca1700
PersianGulf1740
ArabianGulfca1948-67
Alterna*vereali*escanco-existonpaper
TheInterna*onalMapoftheWorld
DigitalChartoftheWorld
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/stepaganini2/5621450410
TheFirstGoogleMapsWar
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/apelad/3869243973
Agnos*cCartography
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/jhritz/409083204
Google’sdisputeresolu*onmethodology
Theviewofgeographicallyrelevantstates
Theviewofinterna*onallyauthorita*vebodies
PrimaryLocalUsage
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/miikas/140407410
Mul*pleversionsofthedigitaltruth h9
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/photos/peaceful-jp-scenery/15495578494
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Incorrectmapsareworsethandrugsor
counterfeitcurrency
KashmirviewedfromIndia
KashmirviewedfromoutsideofIndia
ArunachalPradeshviewedfromIndia
ArunachalPradeshviewedfromoutsideIndia
Crimea
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/grob7906/16248155805
CrimeafromRussia
CrimeaforUkraine
Guyana:SpanishorEnglish?
Guyana-OSM&Google
MainRoad
EssequiboCoastPublicRoad
OSMDisputeMethodology
Onthegroundrule
Directobserva*onsof:Signage
Whatpeoplecallplaces
Notonthebasisofgovernmentdeclara*ons
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/anantns/6765139575
Jerusalem
OSMJerusalemNameDispute
Editwarchangingthe“name”tag
DWGdecidedthenodewouldnothaveanametagun*lallpar*escouldagree
Specialistmapscanrenderoneofthelanguagetags
Requesttonotre-addanametagorcreateanewcitynodeun*lthereisagreement
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/almos*nfamous/2734993657/
Whathaschanged?
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/familymwr/4928087969
Statess*llseektoimposetheir‘truth’onmapmakers
ButnewAgnos*cCartographersmake
alterna*veviewsavailabletoaglobalaudience
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/funcrush/7991844351
Agnos*cCartographersendeavourtoapplyprocesstotheresolu*onofborder
andnamingdisputes
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/mibby23/11971530395
Changingpoli*calreali*esarerepresentedinonlinemapsalmostinstantly
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/d6478coke/3874771678
200disputestoresolvetoday.Wearegoingtobe
talkingaboutthisforawhile!
h9ps://www.flickr.com/photos/isfullofcrap/25611687444
That’sit!www.knowhwere.co.uk
Slidesatbit.ly/PolMapDeck
Notesatbit.ly/PolMapNotes