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Introduction to Neogeography
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The High Earth Orbit announces the release of "Introduction to Neogeography", an O'Reilly Short Cuts publication by Andrew Turner. Available digitally for 8$, it has 54 pages. From the book summary: "This Short Cut introduces you to the growing number of tools, frameworks, and resources available that make it easy to create maps and share the locations of your interests and history.
Learn what existing and emerging standards such as GeoRSS, KML, and Microformats mean; how to add dynamic maps and locations to your web site; how to pinpoint the locations of your online visitors; how to create genealogical maps and Google Earth animations of your family’s ancestry; or how to geotag and share your travel photographs."
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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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