View Interesting Museums In Chicago in a larger map
Neogeography is a product of Web 2.0, allowing for a dynamic interaction between content and users. The benefits of this process are extensive, allowing for the generation and dissemination of information. More importantly this information now has the ability to be geocoded. However, as with Web 2.0, Neogeography is subject to many pitfalls and consequences despite the numerous benefits. Similar to the blogging phenomenon, neogeography allows for anyone with internet access to generate their own content and this brings to question the legitimacy and accuracy of the data being generated. In some cases it is the debate between opinion and fact, however, in other cases you have the important question for standards, especially if the data is potentially being used for more than recreational purposes.
Despite the challenge of accuracy or uniform standards, neogeography has provided information that would otherwise be not necessarily be inaccessible, but certainly much less accessible. As I found out in the process of creating my own dynamic map about museums in Chicago, there are other challenges aside from accuracy and standards. While the geobrowsers available, such as Google Maps or WorldWind, are simple and effective, the process definitely takes patience, troubleshooting and is far from perfect. Geoparsing and geotagging in Google Maps was relatively simple, however I did experience issues with saving text and also formatting information the way I wanted. Even with these problems the programs were very user friendly, and with options on the internet for geocoding even larger data sets, neogeography is becoming very accessible. Despite, the various challenges, from standards to the creation process, the maps are ultimately very useful, as evident from any search concerning local businesses, schools etc. At the very least, neogeographic sources, similar to Wikipedia, can serve as a starting point for research that can be refined depending on the user’s needs.
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