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The Urban, Infrastructural Geography Of ‘The Cloud’ Looking at where data moves, where it *lives*
N/A (2015)
  • Alan Wiig
Abstract
he relationship between data to space extends beyond the network equipment, services, and mobile devices that transmit and present information to a user. Pervasive wireless connectivity and ubiquitous computing, as ‘the cloud’ are central, common elements of contemporary urban life. Data centers translate, as it were, between individuals and their experience of the city by mediating experiences through digital augmentation. An example of this is Google Maps’ locative ability to place the user on the map and then orient said user to wherever they need to go.
Keywords
  • infrastructure,
  • internet,
  • data,
  • urban studies
Publication Date
2015
Citation Information
Alan Wiig. "The Urban, Infrastructural Geography Of ‘The Cloud’ Looking at where data moves, where it *lives*" N/A (2015)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alan_wiig/6/