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Neogeography vs. GIS

posted by Satri on Thursday December 06, @01:48PM   Printer-friendly   Email story  Permalink  Trackback URI  Slashdotthis  Diggthis  Del.icio.us
from the swords-and-words dept.
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There has been a lot of activity on the geoblogs in the last few days regarding the distinction between neogeography and GIS. It started with an All Points Blog entry: "Hickey explained that while neogeography is focused on "Where" there is no data creation and no spatial analysis, an essentially visually useful concept that has helped "cross the chasm from early adopters to an early majority." My take is decidedly biased and I come down on Hickey's side entirely." Amongst the reactions, you'll find entries from The Memory Leak, Fantom Planet, GeoTips's Paul Ramsey, GeoMusings, Spatially Adjusted and PerryGeo. From GeoTips: "Try to remember folks, it's not how big your tool is, it's what you do with it that counts." An interesting passion-laden debate...

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