Apparently if you read RS Thomas's poetry backwards he makes a very
clear prediction that the epicentre of the first google maps war will be
in Shropshire.
It was always understood that his habit of jumping over walls and hedges
on sight of his parishioners (they did the same when they saw him) was
because of a certain social awkwardness- but he was clearly practicing
to deal with gmw fall out...
On 01/03/2012 10:13, Hillary Shaw wrote:
> And closer to home,I personally know a barrister at a certain northern
> UK chambers (who for obvious reasons shall remain anonymous) who was
> certain that Google Earth could be used as evidence in e.g. when certain
> buildings were erected, boundary alterations etc. No metter that I
> conclusively demonstrated, on my computer, that the years given on the
> Google clock tool are not 100% accurate, I fear some legal cases might
> actually be decided on such inaccurate evidence.
>
> I await with interest (maybe trepidation) the first law book on 'Google
> Law'.
>
> Dr Hillary Shaw
> Food and Supply Chain Management Department
> Harper Adams University College
> Newport
> Shropshire
> TF10 8NB
> www.fooddeserts.org
> /Those who neglect the gain of knowledge in order to maximise the gain
> of beauty will ultimately gain neither/
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Amanda Murphy <[log in to unmask]>
> To: CRIT-GEOG-FORUM <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wed, 29 Feb 2012 21:45
> Subject: "The First Google Maps War"
>
> Thought this article from the New York Times by Frank Jacobs might be
> of some interest to fellow Critters:
> http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/28/the-first-google-maps-war/?ref=opinion
>
> Best,
>
> Amanda Murphyao
>
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