The Marauding Carto-nerd: Cartographic tribalism
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Signalé par @CDB_77
Kenneth Field, passionnate cartographer, examines his experiences from recently attending various conferences in Germany, the UK and the US. As subjective as these experiences may be, I think he makes some astute observations and valuable conclusions on the matter of Cartographic Tribalism, with a focus on:
the neo- vs. traditional and proprietary vs. open source cartographers.
A bit lengthy, but definitely worth reading: Cartographic tribalism.
Below is a blogged version of my latest Editorial from The Cartographic Journal which I wrote mid-October. It’s based on my very personal impressions from a busy period of geo-conference attendance during August-October this year. I’m not the only one who has been mulling over the issue of geo-tribes. I previously wrote about my thoughts on the fallacy of new cartography and this Editorial represents a development of that thinking based on the way that different ’clubs’ manage and deliver their events and meetings. I’m not alone.
Michael Gould (@michael_d_gould) hosted and Alan McConchie (@mappingmashups) organized a #geowebchat on 3rd December, a transcript of which can be accessed here. Michael and Renee Sieber have also proposed a panel session at the 2014 meeting of the Association of American Geographers. It’s entitled “Battle of the tribes: geoweb, GIS, GI Science, cyberGIS, neogography”. I look forward to taking part from the geo-crowd at the panel session but for now here’s my Editorial...it’s long (it’s an Editorial!):
Cartographic Tribalism
I survived Maptember 2013. What can we learn about the state of Cartography from all the various geo-events? [...]