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Map Upon Map: New Dimension in What Maps Can Do
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Spatial Sustain shares a generic NYTimes editorial named Map Upon Map: New Dimensions in What Maps Can Do.
From the editorial: "It’s easy to assume that the real revolution in mapping is the global positioning satellite and Google revolution — the ability to pinpoint yourself in real time on a digital map using G.P.S. technology and to move effortlessly around the globe, at increasing levels of detail, as you can in Google Maps and Google Earth. But the real revolution lies in the layering of data onto these already kinetic methods of viewing the world. In a very real sense, the virtual planet becomes our index to what we know about the actual planet."
Related to the hyperlocalization of news, APB mentions NPR being confident about succeeding at providing hyperlocal media.
See also related stories below.
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Industry: Journalism Going Hyperlocal?
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The Memory Link offers a short entry on the localization of journalism and the ties with geospatial technologies. It links to this Frontline article about hypoerlocalization of newspaper: "The second thing that's happened at the Tribune and at the L.A. Times in particular is that newspapers around the country have figured out that what you have to do today to survive is provide local news coverage. People want to read about what's going on in their own communities, and the Web usually can't provide that. The Web can tell you what's going on in Iraq; the Web can tell you what's going on in Washington, D.C. It can't tell you what's going on in Des Moines if you live in Des Moines." This article seems to completely miss the point about the geo-enablement of the web. See related stories.
Technology: Wired on How Google Maps is Changing the Way We See the World 1 comment
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The Geowanking list links to an interesting 12-pages Wired article named The whole Earth cataloged: how Google Maps is changing the way we see the world [pdf, 1.75Mb]. The second part of the article is focusing on hyperlocal. From the article: "Today the power still
lies in the hands of the mapmakers.
The only difference is that we’re all
mapmakers now, which means geography
has entered the complex freefor-
all of the information age, where
ever-more-sophisticated technology
is better able to reflect the world’s
rich, chaotic complexity." This clearly reminds me of Ambiant Findability.
Industry: YourStreet Launched - Hyperlocal News Tool
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All Points Blog informs us the new local news website YourStreet is launching today. From the how it works: "YourStreet transforms the way you experience local news by indexing and mapping thousands of articles, blogs, and conversations down to the street level. YourStreet connects you to the local information that impacts you most – what’s going on in your town, your neighborhood and even your block.
YourStreet scans thousands of newspaper sites and local blogs each day to bring you the most comprehensive local news available anywhere." I copied below the several previous stories on similar attempts at hyperlocalizing news.
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