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| Subject: | Re: [gislist] Online Maps That Steer You Wrong |
| Date: |
06/30/2005 09:00:03 AM |
| From: |
Bill Thoen |
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On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 DickBoyd@aol.com wrote:
> Or you could do what Ms. Taub, the computer tutor, recently started doing.
> You could ask for directions.
Gee, how about that? Why does that work so much better? Simple. It's
because the mental maps of locals are always being updated and reinforced
by their daily experiences and interactions with others.
The problem with online maps is that the public cannot update them when
they see mistakes, and the owners can't afford to do it beyond a level
that still falls short. So online maps are constantly slightly
out-of-date.
As the Internet and its social implications have become part of our
consciousness, we've seen some interesting synergy when a large group of
people are given the means to interact directly. So why not create a
mapping service that allows two-way flow of mapping information? Why not
let the public add corrections and additions to a map service? Why not
build a WikiMap?
Sure, you'd have to deal with abuse, but you could control updates by not
immediately overwriting the "offical" data, and perhaps ranking
conflicting information by how reliable the source is, how much agreement
a chnage gets from the public, or allowing a user to work with varying
levels of information sources or at least be made aware when "corrections"
exist in the results of his or her query.
Does anyone know if something like this exists yet?
- Bill Thoen
GISnet - www.gisnet.com
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