IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/igg/jissc0/v5y2014i3p1-11.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Google Earth as a Reflection of Cultural Changes and Socio-Spatial Processes in the Digital Age

Author

Listed:
  • Hagit Meishar-Tal

    (The Open University of Israel, Ra'anana, Israel and Oranim College, Kiryat Tiv'on, Israel)

Abstract

The paper describes the change undergoing in maps and map-making, in the move from modern printed maps to digital, online maps, emphasizing the changing status of the cartographer and the changing nature of information represented on the maps. Taking Google Earth as its main example, the paper demonstrates the cultural changes embedded in this environment in terms of three main spatial themes: the global culture, the culture of openness and collaboration, and the virtualization of the cultural products and practices. It contributes to the understanding of the broader context of the changes in the modes of production and knowledge politics in the digital age.

Suggested Citation

  • Hagit Meishar-Tal, 2014. "Google Earth as a Reflection of Cultural Changes and Socio-Spatial Processes in the Digital Age," International Journal of Information Systems and Social Change (IJISSC), IGI Global, vol. 5(3), pages 1-11, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:1-11
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: http://services.igi-global.com/resolvedoi/resolve.aspx?doi=10.4018/ijissc.2014070101
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:igg:jissc0:v:5:y:2014:i:3:p:1-11. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Journal Editor (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://www.igi-global.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.