Participatory Mapping : New Data, New Cartography.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- Part 1. Origins and Properties of Online Maps -- Chapter 1. Tooling Up For Complexity -- 1.1. Maps as intellectual technology -- 1.1.1. Between graphic reason and unreason -- 1.1.2. The collection of writings -- 1.1.3. Managing complexity -- 1.2. A shift in the uses of maps -- 1.2.1. From topographic to thematic maps -- 1.2.2. The rise of the graphic representation of information -- 1.2.3. Maps and engineers -- 1.2.4. Maps and doctors -- Chapter 2. From Gis to Web Maps -- 2.1. The origins of a communication approach to maps -- 2.1.1. Arthur Robinson's functional design -- 2.1.2. Jacques Bertin's graphic semiology -- 2.1.3. The map communication model -- 2.1.4. Beyond the transmission model -- 2.2. The rise of the notion of participation within maps -- 2.2.1. The emergence and criticisms of GIS -- 2.2.2. From PPGIS to online maps -- 2.2.3. Maps and the Web -- Chapter 3. A Participant In The Web Of Platform -- 3.1. Technical architecture of Web maps -- 3.1.1. First online maps -- 3.1.2. APIs and mashups -- 3.1.3. The Web as platforms -- 3.2. Google Maps versus OpenStreetMap? -- 3.2.1. The map according to Google -- 3.2.2. Where does OpenStreetMap fit in? -- 3.2.3. Between opposition and influence -- Chapter 4. Maps And Web-Based Data -- 4.1. Categories and data structure -- 4.1.1. Static data -- 4.1.2. Contributory data -- 4.1.3. Dynamic data. -- 4.2. Expressive, technical and scientific bricolage -- 4.2.1. Personalizing -- 4.2.2. Managing contingency -- 4.2.3. Ensuring validity -- Part 2. Mapping Practices In Emergency Situations -- Chapter 5. The State of Information After the Fukushima Disaster -- 5.1. The challenges in accessing information -- 5.1.1. Timeline of the events -- 5.1.2. The lack of official information -- 5.2. Flaws in the published data on radiation.

5.2.1. Scattered and complex documents -- 5.2.2. Non-downloadable data -- 5.2.3. The lack of temporal metadata -- 5.2.4. Heterogeneous measurement units -- Chapter 6. Producing Radiation Maps -- 6.1. Producing radiation data -- 6.1.1. Producing data with Geiger counters -- 6.1.2. Extracting data from official Websites -- 6.1.3. Combining different data sources -- 6.2. Three attitudes toward radiation data sources -- 6.2.1. Using alternative data -- 6.2.2. Using official data -- 6.2.3. Using all the available data sources -- Chapter 7. Circulation and Use of Maps -- 7.1. Cartographers' motives -- 7.1.1. Making the data visible -- 7.1.2. Maintaining a neutral stance -- 7.1.3. Providing a lobbying tool -- 7.2. Taking action on the basis of a map -- 7.2.1. Verifying the data in emergency situations -- 7.2.2. Discussing maps from their data -- 7.2.3. Stepping in on a controversial point -- Chapter 8. The Shape of Public Engagement -- 8.1. An emerging online public -- 8.1.1. The role of controversies in democracies -- 8.1.2. Public engagement on nuclear issues -- 8.1.3. Accounting for the materiality of objects -- 8.1.4. From a "phantom public" to a "foam" -- 8.2. An ad hoc engagement -- 8.2.1. Self-expression versus opening of the data -- 8.2.2. A limited goal and time frame -- 8.2.3. Specific infrastructure for the data -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

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