As a contribution to Geography Awareness Week, I'm publishing something I wrote over twenty years a go in 1997. It may still be of interest and value. Introduction "I demand true maps, as soon as can be." - General Mirov Watson, I (1992 p.28) "Don’t you realise? Our maps are all lies! Deliberate lies, distortions. …
Scottish Council Funding 2020-21
This month, Scottish Government released a publication detailing how £12.7 billion of general funding was distributed to Scotland's 32 councils for 2020-21. The funding distribution considered 168 service areas listed in the Local Government Finance Green Book and was agreed by the 32 councils and the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA). The map below …
Mapping Crisis
A very interesting and timely book from multiple authors about cartography, data and people in our modern world. It is available as a free download here and for sale in print at various outlets.
Story telling with Google Earth Studio and Amazon Polly
For the inaugural blog post and in the spirit of this blogs tag line, Google Earth Studio is tried out alongside Amazon Polly to visit five historic places in the City of Edinburgh, Scotland and tell their stories. https://youtu.be/cJCkDEnhM0s Watch out for more videos in this series (one for each of the 32 councils of …
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