During the COVID-19 pandemic, facts and figures are disseminated at rapid-fire speed. Whether from a trusted news outlet or a news feed, you can’t hide from coronavirus updates. The height of COVID-19 saw information emerge as king, and maps as its queen.
Researcher Levente Juhász of FIU GIS Center at FIU Libraries teamed up with fellow researcher Peter Mooney of Maynooth University in Ireland for an analytical study of the use of web-based maps used during the pandemic. Equal parts illuminating and forward-thinking, Mapping COVID-19: How web-based maps contribute to the infodemic, examines the various mitigating factors that contribute to mapping inaccuracies. The article also considers how mapping errors and overuse contributed to wide-spread misinformation.
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