Geography

Mapping: Not Just For Geographers Anymore

Citizen volunteers are democratizing the field of online mapping, spreading out to document neighborhoods and streets worldwide.
17 November 2009 - 12:00pm
New York Times

Geography Still Matters

Mon, 08/10/2009 - 08:01
 

Some commentators think that Internet technology will liberate us from the constraints of place; for example, one amazon.com book review of Joel Kotkin’s The New Geography states “Because today's connected workers can live anywhere they want, they will live anywhere they want.”  Kotkin himself is a little more circumspect, but writes: “Telecommunication allows people who want privacy, low-density neighborhoods and good schools to live in small towns in a way never before possible.”(1)  There is a tiny amount of truth to this claim: the Internet does make it

Similar Sister Cities

A look at the similarities between Los Angeles and Mexico City.
11 March 2008 - 7:00am
LA Weekly
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