I understood that this article described a sense of exponential focus, and the reading or cartographical interpretation of satellite imagery.  Kurgan’s characterization of google earth as a tool with a ubiquitous zoom which could be used responsibly or maliciously has been a thought in my head before; Lets talk about technological responsibility and the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative.  This group’s studies on the unfriendly use of such technology has created a need for us to consider how we plan for low probability events and catastrophic scenarios.  To follow up on the main point of the article, Kurgan’s discussion of the perspective of this satellite projection in relation to traditional cartographic projection raises interest in it’s authenticity.  Kurgan also discusses the topic of mapping coordinates gathered from network access.  This I feel is a very worthy discussion in 2015, as the network and infrastructure of global communication has immense breadth and sophistication.  rhetoric