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The new Google Maps

From BBC Magazine, has Google’s Street View changed the way we behave? Nick Mokey on how Google conquered cartography again with faster, cleaner, smarter maps. There's no such thing as “the perfect map”: Google should be honest about its cartographic ethos — its Google Maps app is partly a tool for delivering ads. Emily Badger on the potential problem with personalized Google Maps? We may never know what we're not seeing. My map or yours? Google’s plan to personalize maps could end public space as we know it. Leo Mirani on why the new Google Maps is the most honest form of cartography: Maps have always been distorted — now that distortion is Google's selling point. Bots scour Google Maps to find faces in the land: The psychological tendency to see meaningful images in vague visuals actually has a name — pareidolia — and it’s the basis for a mesmerizing new project. Big Pic: Kelsey D. Atherton on how Turkish protesters use Google Maps to track police.