As this piece of writing is in the genre of critical reflection on the ones own work and industry, and specifically the geospatial industry, it might be an addi

As this piece of writing is in the genre of critical reflection on the ones own work and industry, and specifically the geospatial industry, it might be an addition to the conversation to think about the ethical history of maps and mapping. Geospatial tech today might be about data structures, tile apis, and unit conversions, but it used to be a manual job. Mapping was big part of the colonial world. In NZ extensive surveying work went had in had with land confiscations and disenfranchisement of indigenous people from their land and imposition of European legal systems. Survey pegs have become an icon of colonial oppression in many NZ protests and art works. https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/377785/leaseholders-and-hapu-oppose-waitara-lands-bill https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/377785/leaseholder... http://www.kennedywarne.com/tag/parihaka/ http://www.kennedywarne.com/tag/parihaka/ This is an interesting essay including "surveyors' ... reflections on their own role in the colonizing process" which make an interesting contextual pairing with the The author of this post's own reflections 100+ years later. http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/1997/NZJH_31_1_08.pdf http://www.nzjh.auckland.ac.nz/docs/1997/NZJH_31_1_08.pdf