Noor ul Ain’27 presented about environmental impacts that are not shown on satellite maps (like Google Earth). Maps, Ain said, can oversimplify a lot of data, but they can also push narratives that governments wants them to. Ain argued that local knowledge should be included in things such as community maps, citing the use of Safecast after the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, where people used individual reports to create maps that highlighted radiation. Ain’s presentation also highlighted the relationship between national security and maps, since governments can censor satellite imagery, particularly over conflict zones (Gaza, Ukraine, Ethiopia, etc.), and have the potential to use these maps to push narratives.
What the Map Leaves Out: Questioning the Neutrality of Scientific Data, Noor ul Ain’27
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Elliot Ave-Lallemant
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I say yes to Noor Ain! Whoever gave him a scholarship is a fair and just person. Maps are important! I’m not in agreement with Gulf of America or lake America but maps should be updated. It took me nearly twenty years to figure out that there is no mor Yugoslavia. It was gone in the mid nineties. Atlases need updates too!
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