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The re-naming of the Gulf of Mexico is much deeper than “just a name change”, it’s made clear the power that Google now wields over us. Maps exert authority over our lands and everything in it. When colonisers come, they conquer with more than weapons. Their maps legitimise their imagined places over what was there before. Who gave Google this power? #google #power #maps
#google #power #maps
Rihards Olups
When I talk about OpenStreetMap (potentially the best map in the world), I sometimes mention an essay by Sofi Oksanen, which starts with:

"During my years at school, maps hung on our classroom walls on which the Finnish borders were clear, as were those of the Soviet Union; Estonia however, did not appear on the map."

Take away that power from Google, switch to OSM.

https://upnorth.eu/your-silence-will-not-protect-you/

Sofi Oksanen: Your Silence Will Not Protect You - The Northern European :: UpNorth

Sofi Oksanen writes that Estonia and The Baltics must ensure that, unlike Finland, they no longer allow history to be manipulated by Soviet distortions.
Sofi Oksanen (The Northern European :: UpNorth)
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