Tianditu
China’s first official online mapping service
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11267301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yu-Wen Chen (0000-0002-7708-9627, University College Cork, corresponding author), Ko-Hua Yap (National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan), Joey Ying Lee (National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 234-249 |
| Publication date | 2013-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Media Culture & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0163-4437 • E-ISSN: 1460-3675 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0163443712468776 |
| OpenAlex | W2015152611 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 11 |
Tianditu is China’s first state-sponsored web mapping service. Beijing considers Tianditu part and parcel of its burgeoning endeavor to build a ‘digital China’. The Chinese state created Tianditu to regain some of the ground lost when its monopoly on geographic information was effectively broken. This effort goes hand in hand with Beijing’s intention to compete with and shrink the space occupied by Google mapping services (Google Maps, Google Earth, etc.). Although Tianditu does bestow a certain degree of power on civilian users to interact with and explore geographic data, for political and social reasons the Chinese state tightly controls Tianditu. It is a tool that the regime uses to maintain political power and push ideologies it supports. This type of top-down reinforcement of static geographic knowledge is a far cry from the concept of civilian empowerment as understood in liberal democracies
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,38 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |