Lab 3 Lake Tahoe South Shore Summer Trip

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Commentary:

The pitfall of neogeography is that any one can make a map. A person does not necessarily have to be a professional cartographer. This means that the maps they create may not follow the standards or map making principles of cartography (for example, including a north arrow and a scale bar). Another pitfall is that the maps that are made by people may not be very accurate in terms of how things are represented spatially, where they are located, or what they are labeled as. However, neography does have potential because it allows more people to share more information.

People do not have to be professionals to show graphic representations of how they perceive the world spatially. They can choose to make maps on whatever topic or subject that interests them, whether it is where recreational parks are located or where their favorite restaurants are located. Neography has democratized the map making world because it allows anyone to create and distribute maps via multimedia mashups like "My Map" in Google Maps. The consequences of neography include allowing just about anyone to make a map and share it with the world. Some maps can be very useful to certain people, while not being useful to others. Since some maps can be more accurate than others, people should be aware of how reliable the source is for the map they use and be critical of its contents.