2007 Annual Meeting, San Francisco, California Online Program

Paper Session: 3412 Google Earth as the 'view from nowhere': The spatial politics of high resolution satellite imagery I is scheduled on Thursday, 4/19/07, from 1:00 PM - 2:40 PM in Franciscan C, SF Hilton Sponsorship(s): Communication Geography Specialty Group Organizer(s): Martin Dodge Chris Perkins Chair(s): Chris Perkins Abstract(s):   1:00 PM   Author(s): *John Cloud - NOAA Central Library  Abstract Title: Google Earth through a Keyhole 1:20 PM   Author(s): *Steven Livingston, PhD - The George Washington University  Abstract Title: NGOs AS INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES: THE EMPOWERMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY BY COMMERCIAL REMOTE SENSING 1:40 PM   Author(s): *Robert Barr - The University of Manchester  Abstract Title: Seeing nothing from nowhere - Google Earth and the illusion of information 2:00 PM   Author(s): *Matthew Zook, Ph.D. - University of Kentucky Mark Graham - University of Kentucky, Geography  Abstract Title: The Creative Reconstruction of the Internet: Google and the Privatization of Cyberspace and DigiPlace 2:20 PM   Discussant: Daniel Z. Sui - Texas A&M   Discussant(s): Daniel Z. Sui - Texas A&M Session Description: Google Earth, and various internet portals, offer ubiquitous high-resolution satellite imagery at unprecedented detail to a global audience through simple interfaces. The capabilities and technical beauty of Google Earth, in particular, has garnered wide spread praise and a rapidly growing fan-base. Given this impact, now is an apposite time for considered reflection on exactly what can been seen with satellite imagery and thinking through the spatial politics of newly accessible images of the world.

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