Taylor Shelton's talk, From Online Politics to User-Generated Political Geographies, explores how the geoweb is broadening the kinds of online political action that can take place, in particular the idea that geotagging is a means through which it is possible to more directly engage with particular places.
SheepCamp 2012, Taylor Shelton from UK College of Arts & Sciences on Vimeo.
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Showing posts with label osama bin laden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label osama bin laden. Show all posts
May 02, 2011
GoogleMapMaker and Osama Bin Laden
As I was preparing another posting about Google Maps MapMaker (coming in a few days) I noticed that there is a lot of user edits/activity around Abbottābad, Pakistan, the site that Osama bin Laden lived and was killed. There are two sites that have been "selected" as likely locations for the compound although it is not clear if either is the actual location. More generally the town of Abbottābad has received many tags and reviews via Google Maps in reaction. Click on some of the placemarks below to get a sense of these.
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The embedded map below shows one of the locations (see here for a review of the other location) which is actively being tagged. Some of the tags are relatively terse and factual "SEAL TM 6 OBL Take-Down Site" while other postings are celebrating the event. And since it is the Internet, there is plenty of random flaming and spamming going on as well.
The current state of the site can be accessed below (be sure to click on "What's around here") to see all the tags which will likely be cleaned over time. Also a couple of screen captures of some tags that I saw.
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The embedded map below shows one of the locations (see here for a review of the other location) which is actively being tagged. Some of the tags are relatively terse and factual "SEAL TM 6 OBL Take-Down Site" while other postings are celebrating the event. And since it is the Internet, there is plenty of random flaming and spamming going on as well.
The current state of the site can be accessed below (be sure to click on "What's around here") to see all the tags which will likely be cleaned over time. Also a couple of screen captures of some tags that I saw.
View Larger Map
Screen Capture, Google Maps, May 2, 2011 @ 3:56 pm EST
Tag labeled "Bin Laden Pot Farm"
Tag labeled "Bin Laden Pot Farm"
Screen Capture, Google Map Maker, May 2, 2011 @ 3:42 pm EST
Large Arrow Polygon labeled "He is Here" and tag labeled "Future Taco Bell Location"
Large Arrow Polygon labeled "He is Here" and tag labeled "Future Taco Bell Location"
Screen Capture, Google Map Maker, May 2, 2011 @ 3:44 pm EST
Tag labeled "Osama International Heliport"
Tag labeled "Osama International Heliport"
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