Comments on: Cartographic Perspectives on the doom of Web MappingTransmitting ideas, observations, and images from 42,000 km.By: Christian- July 24, 2008 In that context I like the views of Michael Frank Goodchild expressed in Assertion and Authority: The Science of User-Generated Geographic Content. Cartographic knowledge is being assimilated by software like OpenStreetMap. Non-cartographers, but therefore local experts, are able to enter and edit local data. The software takes care of proper visualization. Well, I know we are not quite there yet, but on the other hand, isn&8217;t it a weird situation where strangers do maps about my area I...http://highearthorbit.com/cartographic-perspectives-on-the-doom-of-web-mapping/#comment-19... |