I found his account of cartography as describing and shaping urban space interesting, but nothing new. I've been seeing for a while now maps of cities and places that are representations of the people rather than the land. Why, just the other day, I saw a map of emotions in the U.S. Someone mapped out the "happiest" city, the "saddest" city, the "sexiest" city, etc... Chicago was 5th for "sexiest" : )
It's actually very intriguing to research places based on people rather than land and I do believe that it may shape the spaces as well. I've seen maps of Africa that show where the most AIDS cases are, and this may in turn affect where people live or move to. I find this concept interesting and am excited to see where this concept of cartography will go.
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