Max Ernst, a Facetious Cartographer / un cartographe facétieux

« Le Jardin de la France » (The Garden of France)  is one of the most famous Max Ernst’s paintings. It depicts a woman’s body lying between sandbanks and islands near the confluence of Indre and  Loire rivers. The work is fully representative of surrealism by the collage of different elements of reality that creates this feeling…

Jack Bauer, geospatial hero

24 is certainly one of the most original and most influential TV  series in recent years. It is also one of those with Alias that  systematically use geospatial tools  for telling stories. 24 (24 heures chrono en France) est certainement une des séries télévisées les plus originales et les plus marquantes de ces dernières années.…

The Use of Google Maps in « Netherland »/L’usage de Google Maps dans « Netherland »

Google Maps appears in Joseph O’Neill’s novel Netherland. To the best of my knowledge, it is the first time that Google Maps appears in a literary work. If you have an earlier example, please write us a comment. Of course Google Maps doesn’t play a central role in the book. Google Maps appears in two…