Yhn first seen 12 h ago, last just now, peak #7
Mapping North Korea's Streets From Afar
Original: Cartographers of North Korea (2019)
A 2019 project examines how North Korea, one of the least mapped countries in the world, has been charted by outsiders. With ordinary citizens unable to contribute to open mapping projects, detailed maps of North Korean cities have largely been built by foreign volunteers and analysts piecing together satellite imagery, and the work highlights both the gaps and the surprising detail that has been assembled.
Why now: It is resurfacing in discussion as a striking example of how open-source mapping can document even the world's most closed country.
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- Cartographers of North Korea (2019) · edent · 286
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