Is It Time To Redraw Our Maps? / ‘Free The Map’
(From migration to ecology, new knowledge makes new cartographic demands)
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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/dec/14/is-it-time-to-redraw-our-maps <-- shared media article
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https://doi.org/10.1080/17450101.2019.1676031 <--shared paper
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https://freethemap.org/ <-- shared ‘Free The Map’ page, where “Prof. Henk van Houtum makes a compelling case for a new cartography…”
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[this post should not be considered an endorsement of any particular viewpoint or book/product]
#cartography #cartopolitics #geography #visualisation #humanimpacts #mapping #mapmaking #GIS #spatial #interpretation #history #borders #internationalborders #jigsawpuzzlemaps #neutrality #objectivity #mappingrevolution #uncertainty #subjectivity #multiplicity

Monday, August 18, 2025

Ukrainian drones hit key rail hub in Russia’s Voronezh Oblast — Ukraine’s long-range Flamingo cruise missile enters serial production — US officials provide contradictory statements on security guarantees fueling uncertainty — International borders cannot be changed by force, — von der Leyen says in Brussels … and more

https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/08/monday-august-18-2025/

Is the Syria-Jordan border straight or wiggly? An @openstreetmap user reckons the latter and that has propagated through to many media that use OSM.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?si=GQW-5nrMDM_rjuYc&v=OAM9zw1eMPs&feature=youtu.be

[Edit: see reply about resolution https://mastodon.social/@infeeeee/113777626151255884]

#InternationalBorders #GeographyFail #Syria #Jordan #Maps #Cartography #OpenStreetMap #Wikis

The Wrong Map of Syria No One Noticed

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