A proliferation of web-based maps have appeared depicting many different aspects of the spread of the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). In this commentary, we consider the usage of web-based mapping during the COVID-19 pandemic and argue that web maps have been widely misused for delivering public information on this fast moving, epidemiologically complex, and geographically unbounded process.
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Mooney, P., & Juhász, L. (2020, July 1). Mapping COVID-19: How web-based maps contribute to the infodemic. Dialogues in Human Geography. SAGE Publications Ltd. https://doi.org/10.1177/2043820620934926
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