When some types of crime mapping have the potential to cause falling house prices, increasing insurance premiums or business abandonment, conflicts may exist between providing a public service and protecting the individual, leaving the cartographer vulnerable to litigation.doi:10.1080/10439460290018463...
Printed maps still have fans, but cartographers are experiencing some tough times, The Wall Street Journalreports. "Most people don't even know we exist," one cartographer lamented to the newspaper. Walk into a bank Victor Burnside/iStockphoto Young people already have no use for bank br...
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