Mapping isn’t just analysis—it’s accountability. Every gradient on a map is a story of who gets protected and who gets forgotten. It starts with a number. Then another. Then a table full of them.And before you know it, those numbers stop being abstract. They become names you’ll never read, faces you’ll never meet, and addresses that burned down long before
Tag: spatial inequality
Most people think geospatial technology begins and ends with the apps on their phones. A blue dot on a map, a voice telling you to turn left, satellites hovering quietly above. It feels simple, frictionless, even automatic. But nothing about it is automatic. Every map is a product of politics. Every dataset is contested. Every decision about who gets access,