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'''Matthew Zook''' is the Principal at [[ZookNic]], an domain name data aggregation and analysis service. He is also a Professor a the University of Kentucky, specializing in research related to technological change and geographies of globalization.<ref name="icannwiki">[[ICANN 45]] Interview. ICANNWiki. Retrieved 2012 October 25.</ref>
'''Matthew Zook''' is the Principal at [[ZookNic]], a domain name data aggregation and analysis service. He is also a Professor a the University of Kentucky, specializing in research related to technological change and geographies of globalization.<ref name="icannwiki">[[ICANN 45]] Interview. ICANNWiki. Retrieved 2012 October 25.</ref>
He is involved with multiple geo-related mapping organizations, such as New Mappings Collaboratory, an initiative at the University of Kentucky that is dedicated to innovations in mapping through place-based thinking, analysis, and representation.<ref>[http://new-maps.com/ New Maps]. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref> He also works with floating sheep, a less academic site dedicated to mapping and analyzing geocoded data from user-generated sources such as Twitter.<ref>[http://www.floatingsheep.org/p/about-us.html About Us]. floatingsheep. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>
He is involved with multiple geo-related mapping organizations, such as New Mappings Collaboratory, an initiative at the University of Kentucky that is dedicated to innovations in mapping through place-based thinking, analysis, and representation.<ref>[http://new-maps.com/ New Maps]. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref> He also works with Floating Sheep, a less academic site dedicated to mapping and analyzing geocoded data from user-generated sources such as Twitter.<ref>[http://www.floatingsheep.org/p/about-us.html About Us]. Floating Sheep. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>
==Career History==
==Career History==
In the 2007-2008 academic year, Zook was a Fullbright scholar using his time to study Estonia's information soeciety and economy, in an attempt to explain why the country has one of the highest use of mobile devices and wifi in the world.<ref name="zook">[http://zook.info/ Matthew Zook's Current Work]. zook.info. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>
In the 2007-2008 academic year, Zook was a Fullbright scholar using his time to study Estonia's information society and economy, in an attempt to explain why the country has one of the highest use of mobile devices and wifi in the world.<ref name="zook">[http://zook.info/ Matthew Zook's Current Work]. zook.info. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref> He also led the Internet Geography Project at UC Berkeley, which tracked the commercial use of the Internet worldwide.<ref>[http://old.larta.org/about/staffbios/mzook.asp Matthew Zook - Larta Fellow]. Larta. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>
==Publications==
==Publications==
In 2012, Zook contributed articles to The Economist entitled ''The New Local'', about the increasingly intertwined nature of physical and digital worlds and ''The World In Your Pocket'', which addresses digital mapmaking.<ref>[http://geography.as.uky.edu/uk-geographers-featured-economist UK Geographers Featured in 'The Economist']. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>
Zook categorizes his research into four general categories<ref name="zook"></ref>:
Zook categorizes his research into four general categories<ref name="zook"></ref>:
* Geography of E-Commerce - how IT and the Internet interact with economic systems;
* Geography of E-Commerce - how IT and the Internet interact with economic systems;
* Global Air Travel Geographies - how differences in history, position, and power affect the distance and position of different players in the global economy.
* Global Air Travel Geographies - how differences in history, position, and power affect the distance and position of different players in the global economy.
On these topics, he has excuslively written as well as collaborated on many publications<ref>[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e04_WEwAAAAJ Matthew Zook]. Google Scholar. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>, including but not limited to:
On these topics, he has extensively written as well as collaborated on many publications<ref>[http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=e04_WEwAAAAJ Matthew Zook]. Google Scholar. Retrieved 2012 November 9.</ref>, including but not limited to:
* Graham, M, Zook, M. and A. Boulton. 2012. ''Augmented Reality in the Urban Environment: Distorted Mirrors and Imagined Reflections.'' Transactions in British Geography. Forthcoming.
* Graham, M, Zook, M. and A. Boulton. 2012. ''Augmented Reality in the Urban Environment: Distorted Mirrors and Imagined Reflections.'' Transactions in British Geography. Forthcoming.
* Graham, M. and M. Zook. 2012.'' Augmented realities and uneven geographies: Exploring the geolinguistic contours of the Web.'' Environment and Planning A. Forthcoming.
* Graham, M. and M. Zook. 2012.'' Augmented realities and uneven geographies: Exploring the geolinguistic contours of the Web.'' Environment and Planning A. Forthcoming.
* Zook, M and T. Shelton. (2012). ''The Integration of Virtual Flows into Material Movements within the Global Economy.'' Chapter in Cities and Flows (P. Hall and M. Hesse Eds.) pp. 42-57.
* Zook, M and T. Shelton. (2012). ''The Integration of Virtual Flows into Material Movements within the Global Economy.'' Chapter in Cities and Flows (P. Hall and M. Hesse Eds.) pp. 42-57.
* Graham, M and M. Zook. (2011). ''Visualizing the Global Cyberscape: Mapping User Generated Placemarks.'' Journal of Urban Technology. 18(1). 115-132.
* Graham, M and M. Zook. (2011). ''Visualizing the Global Cyberscape: Mapping User Generated Placemarks.'' Journal of Urban Technology. 18(1). 115-132.
* Zook, M., Graham, M., Shelton, T. and S. Gorman. (2010). ''Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake.'' World Health and Medical Policy. Vol 2(2).
* Zook, M., Graham, M., Shelton, T. and S. Gorman. (2010). ''Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake.'' World Health and Medical Policy. Vol 2(2).
* Crutcher, M. and M. Zook. (2009). ''Placemarks and Waterlines: Racialized Cyberscapes in Post Katrina Google Earth.'' GeoForum. 40(4). 523-534
* Crutcher, M. and M. Zook. (2009). ''Placemarks and Waterlines: Racialized Cyberscapes in Post Katrina Google Earth.'' GeoForum. 40(4). 523-534
* Dodge, M., Kitchin, R. and M. Zook (2009). ''How does software make space? Exploring some geographical dimensions of pervasive computing and software studies (Guest Editorial).'' Environmental and Planning A. 41(6). 1283–1293.
* Dodge, M., Kitchin, R. and M. Zook (2009). ''How does software make space? Exploring some geographical dimensions of pervasive computing and software studies (Guest Editorial).'' Environmental and Planning A. 41(6). 1283–1293.
==References==
==References==
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==External Links==
* [http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21564992-physical-and-digital-world-are-becoming-increasingly-intertwined-new-local The New Local: The physical and the digital world are becoming increasingly intertwined], The Economist. Published 2012 October 27.
* [http://www.economist.com/news/special-report/21564999-mapmakers-are-competing-your-smartphone-world-your-pocket The world in your pocket: Mapmakers are competing for your smartphone], The Economist. Published 2012 October 27.
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