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020			_a9781935408413 _qelectronic
020			_z1935408410 _qelectronic
020			_z9781935408284 _qprint
035			_a(CaBNVSL)mat06815116
035			_a(IDAMS)0b00006482536e3d
040			_aCaBNVSL _beng _erda _cCaBNVSL _dCaBNVSL
050		4	_aG70.4 _b.K87 2013eb
082	0	4	_a526 _223
100	1		_aKurgan, Laura, _eauthor. _924356
245	1	0	_aClose up at a distance : _bmapping, technology, and politics / _cLaura Kurgan.
250			_a1st hardcover ed.
264		1	_aBrooklyn, NY : _bZone Books, _c2013.
264		2	_a[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : _bIEEE Xplore, _c[2013]
300			_a1 PDF (pages cm.).
336			_atext _2rdacontent
337			_aelectronic _2isbdmedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
506	1		_aRestricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers.
520			_aThe maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.
530			_aAlso available in print.
538			_aMode of access: World Wide Web
588			_aDescription based on PDF viewed 12/23/2015.
650		0	_aSatellite image maps. _924357
650		0	_aRemote-sensing images _xPolitical aspects. _924358
650		0	_aGlobal Positioning System _xSocial aspects. _924359
650		0	_aAerial photography. _924360
655		0	_aElectronic books. _93294
710	2		_aIEEE Xplore (Online Service), _edistributor. _924361
710	2		_aMIT Press, _epublisher. _924362
776	0	8	_iPrint version _z9781935408284
856	4	2	_3Abstract with links to resource _uhttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/bkabstractplus.jsp?bkn=6815116
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