GIS Web Maps to Critique Web Mapping Applications
It looks like GIS Web Maps will be a blog that critiques GIS web mapping: “I usually don’t have that much to say. But I know good when I see it. I know bad when I see it. I usually can pick up on something good and bad to say about any GIS and Web Mapping Application out there. Some are downright awful (I’m thinking ArcIMS 3.0 template out-of-the-box awful) and some are fantastic,” the author writes in his/her inaugural post. “On this blog, you’ll see discussions, posts, links, etc. to some of the best and some of the worst.” Probably not a moment too soon.
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I’ve been trying to post some links to interesting / different maps in the discussion area on my forums, but so far I’ve mainly avoided commenting on bad maps (the H1N1 thread being the exception). There are a LOT of bad maps out there. Many are from enthusiastic “mashup amateurs” (‘Look at my cool Google Map of some pushpins’), but many are from people who should know better, eg. maps produced by companies and government agencies. Some good critical overviews will be good.
I hope GIS Web Maps can also take some criticism, though! For a start he/she needs a better proof-reader. There are some nasty typos/ splel checker errors in the first few blog entries!
June 19, 2009 at 10:33 AM