Here’s what was important this week… An article in the Guardian makes the case for choosing OpenStreetMap over Google Maps: “Place is a shared resource, and when you give all that power to a single entity, you are giving them the power not only to tell you about your location, but to shape it.” There isn’t just a responsibility in the users of maps to be conscious of the power that maps hold, but those who create maps, the cartographers, must also be aware that:
