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Download or read book Description and Utilization of the Sanborn Map written by Sanborn Map Company and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduces the new reduced size map.
Download or read book Fire Insurance Maps written by Diane L. Oswald and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fire insurance maps are the footprints of America's Industrial Revolution, ... relics that bear witness to the mortality of businesses, industries and cities"--Cover.
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Download or read book Data Action written by Sarah Williams and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2020-12-08 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How to use data as a tool for empowerment rather than oppression. Big data can be used for good--from tracking disease to exposing human rights violations--and for bad--implementing surveillance and control. Data inevitably represents the ideologies of those who control its use; data analytics and algorithms too often exclude women, the poor, and ethnic groups. In Data Action, Sarah Williams provides a guide for working with data in more ethical and responsible ways. Too often data has been used--and manipulated--to make policy decisions without much stakeholder input. Williams outlines a method that emphasizes collaboration among data scientists, policy experts, data designers, and the public. This approach creates trust and co-ownership in the data by opening the process to those who know the issues best.
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