• 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    there’s no lying like lying with maps

    (for those ggr nerds, yes, “the map was a lie”)

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      4 months ago

      Especially Google maps, they persuaded my friend to turn right and now he thinks corporations are people.

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        4 months ago

        never considered online service maps much as political maps, but of course they are. What gets mapped as POI tells people what they are to find interesting and what not vice versa.