Commentary: Adding AI to Google Earth runs counter to what makes it so valuable

Satellite imagery is now a key part of the visual vocabulary of our 24-hour news cycle, says this UCL geography professor.

An 1818 map of western Africa shows the continent bisected by the mythical 'Mountains of Kong', based on the explorations of Mungo Park. Image: John Pinkerton's A Modern Atlas via Wikimedia Commons Throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, Europe’s cartographers traded on their reputation for accuracy and detail at a tim