Maps can be misleading – on purpose – and their story becomes history. The case of Ethiopia

By Daniel Waktola, Associate Professor, Austin Community College

Maps are an essential technology of modern life. They help navigate streets, follow deliveries and track storms. They’re embedded in election coverage, humanitarian emergencies, military briefings, and development reports. They underpin the “location intelligence” that governments and businesses use to understand where people, services, risks and opportunities are.

Most of the time, we barely notice them. Which may be exactly why they’re worth noticing.

Maps carry unusual authority. Put an argument into a paragraph and readers may question it. Draw the same argument as…

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