Courtesy Publishers Marketplace, the news that Google's book project includes mapping the locations mentioned in books -- once they're scanned in by Google, that is. The New Yorker has an article about Google's project of scanning all the books ever published (which strikes me as Sisyphean, but if you have all the money in the world, I guess you tackle stuff like that).
What I immediately thought is: What about the fictional locations mentioned in books? For example, the list of fictional counties alone runs more than a page. In my opinion, mapping those is equally important.
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