More Thoughts on Location-Based Social Networks and the World Beyond the Nation State

I think creating online user-generated encyclopedias of cities is something that a location-based social network somewhere should be interested in, as it will enable them to enable greater understanding of its users, which I believe is always an obje

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More Thoughts on Location-Based Social Networks and the World Beyond the Nation State

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Map of a Nation: Hewitt's History of the Ordnance Survey Is Now Available

Rachel Hewitt's history of the Ordnance Survey, Map of a Nation, is now available (at least in the UK; here's the Amazon.ca listing, but it's not yet listed on Amazon.com). Not coincidentally, Hewitt has an article about the OS in the Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Guardian has a review of...

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Map of a Nation: Hewitt's History of the Ordnance Survey Is Now Available

Rachel Hewitt’s history of the Ordnance Survey, Map of a Nation, is now available (at least in the UK; here’s the Amazon.ca listing, but it’s not yet listed on Amazon.com). Not coincidentally, Hewitt has an article about the OS in the Telegraph. Meanwhile, the Guardian has a review of the book: Ian Pindar calls it “a solid account of how Britain’s national mapping agency came into being, though it lacks a certain pizzazz. Hewitt works hard to bring the story to life, but it is perhaps inherently undramatic.”

Previously: Forthcoming History of the Ordnance Survey.

Map of a Nation: Hewitt’s History of the Ordnance Survey Is Now Available first appeared on The Map Room: A Weblog About Maps on October 20, 2010. Copyright © 2010 Jonathan Crowe. Distributed under a Creative Commons licence.

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