Buckminster Fuller's patented Dymaxion Map of the Earth comes to mind as does his promotion of Spaceship Earth. It's too bad his World Game didn't get as much mileage; the game's focus on responsible use and distribution of resources is just as timely today as it was when he was promoting it 40 years ago.
He was a yankee engineer way ahead of his time who saw the importance of a map not biased by political boundaries but based on eliminating error. His world view was unorthodox and his map non-orthogonal. - H. B. Grant > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Annalee Newitz > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 6:08 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Geowanking] mapping philosophies? > > > I'm in the early stages of researching an article about map hackers for > Wired magazine -- I know the term "map hackers" is vague, but that will > change. What I'm wondering is whether folks here have been inspired by > any particular philosophies or theories of geography in their work? Is > there a Norbert Wiener or Lawrence Lessig of the geowank world? Somebody > who is geeky but also policy-minded or philosophical, whose ideas have > inspired you to make map tools or build geolocation tech? > > Annalee > > -- > Annalee Newitz > > writer: science, technology, pop culture, sex > http://www.techsploitation.com/ > * > editor: other > http://www.othermag.org > * > contributing editor: Wired > http://www.wiredmag.com > > _______________________________________________ > Geowanking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking > _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.burri.to/mailman/listinfo/geowanking
