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Subject: RE: MAPS-L: interesting article on "google tinkerers" and
mapping on CNN.COM
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005
From: "Carlucci, April" <[log in to unmask]>
To: "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum" <[log in to unmask]>


From London...

As for the "geepster" image, it may be interesting but some of the
information is far from correct (except for being one of the few places
to report correctly that the bus was travelling from Marble Arch to
Hackey, which even the BBC didn't get right). Here lies a lesson for all
those who work professionally with maps: the more people without
training in cartography can easily make 'maps', the more careful we have
to be to verify that the data is reliable. Another example was a map
displayed at a recent conference that had been printed "from the most
reliable sources" without stating what those sources were, and saying
that the map had been "produced" and "published" by the commercial firm
which had in fact only printed it from digital data.

Apologies if this offends anyone, still a lot of sirens around here.

Regards
April
April Carlucci
Cataloguing Manager and Curator of Modern Maps
British Library Map Collections


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Subject: Re: MAPS-L: interesting article on "google tinkerers" and
mapping on CNN.COM
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005
From: "Christopher Mixon"
To:



A couple of examples of what some are doing
with the Google maps API...

http://geepster.com/london.php
http://georgia.metrofreefi.com/city/Decatur.htm

These still need some work, but I think there is some cool potential
here.

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Chris Mixon
Map Collection / GIS / Digital Resource Lab
Auburn University Libraries
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Auburn University, AL 36849-5606
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Subject: interesting article on "google tinkerers" and mapping on
CNN.COM
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2005
From: Greg Armento
To: "Maps, Air Photo & Geospatial Systems Forum"


See this article on how techies are manipulating google maps.

"Google tinkerers make data come alive". Contains some interesting
links.

at:
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/internet/06/09/google.map.hacks.ap/index.ht
ml

Greg Armento


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