A Mirror of Our World: Google Earth and the History of Cartography

dc.creator	Allen, David Y.
dc.date.accessioned	2012-05-15T19:16:53Z
dc.date.available	2012-05-15T19:16:53Z
dc.date.issued	2009-08-20
dc.identifier.issn	1553-3255
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/129202
dc.description.abstract	Google Earth is widely admired as one of the most advanced and powerful products of modern computerized cartography. It has been praised as a revolutionary new way of viewing the earth, as the first convincing attempt at a mirror-world or a simulacrum of the earth. Nonetheless, Google Earth is deeply rooted in the practices and conventions of Western cartography. This article examines what is new and what is old in Google Earth. It especially focuses on the extent to which Google Earth constitutes a mirror world, and on the philosophical meaning and validity of such concepts as cartographic mirroring and representation. It also speculates about the possible future development of Google Earth and similar efforts to mirror the world in digital form.	en
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	ALA Map and Geography Round Table
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Coordinates ; Series B;12
dc.subject	Google Earth	en
dc.subject	history of cartography	en
dc.subject	maps	en
dc.subject	atlases	en
dc.subject	virtual reality	en
dc.subject	mimesis	en
dc.subject	representation	en
dc.subject	mirror worlds	en
dc.subject	simulacra	en
dc.title	A Mirror of Our World: Google Earth and the History of Cartography	en
dc.type	Article	en
dc.rights.requestable	false	en