http://brainoff.com/weblog/2006/12/28/1217 Mikel Maron :: Building Digital Technology for Our Planet Sun, 28 Feb 2010 12:42:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2006/12/28/1217/comment-page-1#comment-1699 The Pochi Superstar Mega Show! » Introduction to Neogeography + Pict’Earth Sat, 06 Jan 2007 12:44:44 +0000 http://brainoff.com/weblog/2006/12/28/1217#comment-1699 [...] Mikel Maron points to Andrew Turners’s O’Reilly shortcut: Introduction to Neogegoraphy. Here is how the book defines Neogeography: Neogeography means “new geography” and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. Where historically a professional cartographer might use ArcGIS, talk of Mercator versus Mollweide projections, and resolve land area disputes, a neogeographer uses a mapping API like Google Maps, talks about GPX versus KML, and geotags his photos to make a map of his summer vacation. Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. [...] [...] Mikel Maron points to Andrew Turners’s O’Reilly shortcut: Introduction to Neogegoraphy. Here is how the book defines Neogeography: Neogeography means “new geography” and consists of a set of techniques and tools that fall outside the realm of traditional GIS, Geographic Information Systems. Where historically a professional cartographer might use ArcGIS, talk of Mercator versus Mollweide projections, and resolve land area disputes, a neogeographer uses a mapping API like Google Maps, talks about GPX versus KML, and geotags his photos to make a map of his summer vacation. Essentially, Neogeography is about people using and creating their own maps, on their own terms and by combining elements of an existing toolset. [...]

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