2008 Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusetts Online Program

Paper Session: 1650 Situating Sat Nav 2 is scheduled on Tuesday, 4/15/08, from 4:20 PM - 6:00 PM in Adams Room #2, Westin, 7th Floor Sponsorship(s): Communication Geography Specialty Group Organizer(s): Chris Perkins Chair(s): Chris Perkins Abstract(s):   4:20 PM   Author(s): *Georg Gartner - TU Vienna, Department of Geoinformation and Cartography  Abstract Title: Restrictions in mental representations of the world as a result of relying upon navigation systems 4:40 PM   Author(s): *Alexander Klippel - GeoVISTA Center, Department of Geography, Penn State  Abstract Title: Can we afford to provide cognitively inadequate wayfinding assistance? 5:00 PM   Author(s): *Fabien Girardin - Universitat Pompeu Fabra Josep Blat - Universitat Pompeu Fabra  Abstract Title: The co-evolution of taxi drivers and their in-car navigation systems 5:20 PM   Author(s): *Jonathan F Raper, Professor - City University  Abstract Title: The Mistakes That Satnavs Make (And What They Don't Know) 5:40 PM   Discussant: David M. Mark - University at Buffalo   Discussant(s): David M. Mark - University at Buffalo Session Description: Sat Nav offers technologically sophisticated spatial data models of the world, but the technology quickly sinks into taken-for-granted everyday driving practices, such that its social and political significance is hard to assess. The gadgets themselves take space on the dashboard and windscreens, but also make new senses of space for the driver, well beyond the car. The session will present a range of  theoretically informed analyses questioning the social effects, cultural meanings and political economy of in-car satellite navigation.

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