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Wednesday, April 26. 2006

Define: Neogeography

National Geographic dubs the current revolution in online mapping not "mashups" but "neogeography.":

The trend has been dubbed neogeography, and some enthusiasts predict it could spur a revolution in electronic cartography.


Which enthousiast coined the term (which I heard for the first time today)? Platial co-creator Di-Ann Eisnor. Oh. Okay. Sure.

I'm really trying to get used to those outside our industry "taking over" from us (per Bill Thoen's note here, see#3), honest! But, I'm the first to say this term makes me cringe!

Posted by Adena Schutzberg at 06:47 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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Don't forget, not everyone started in the GIS industry. I only immigrated to the geo scene in 1992 or so, and still have not actually used a GIS system to do anything. So I might be considered a neogeographer by some.

But I know what you mean.
#1 Allan Doyle (Link) on 2006-04-26 09:36 (Reply)
I heard of that term long before i heard of Di-Ann Eisnor. I think the term is a nicer way of saying GeoWanking.
#2 nym (Link) on 2006-04-26 13:54 (Reply)
Plus the term mashup is so lame in my opinion. It means nothing except two things brought together. Neogeography communicates something completely different to me.
#3 nym (Link) on 2006-04-26 13:56 (Reply)
GIS must be main stream, we now have fashion in our terminology. Perhaps in the fall we could use neocadastralism for real property mapping on the web.
#4 Jim Hall on 2006-04-27 10:14 (Reply)
I do not find neogeography nearly as offensive as geospatial.
#5 Bob Holliday on 2006-05-01 10:40 (Reply)

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