Time for mapping

<p>Maps take place in time as well as representing space. The Google map on your smartphone appears to fix the world serving as a practical spatial tool but in practice is deployed in ways that draw attention to memories rhythm synchronicity sequence and duration. This interdisciplinary collection focuses on how these temporal aspects of mapping might be understood at a time when mapping technologies have been profoundly changed by digital developments. It contrasts different aspects of this temporality bringing together experts from critical cartography media studies and science and technology studies. Together the chapters offer a unique interdisciplinary focus revealing the complex and social ways in which time in wrapped up with digital technologies and revealed in everyday mapping tasks: from navigating across cities to serving as scientific groundings for news stories; from managing smart cities to visual art practice. It brings time back into the map!<br><br>An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.</p>