Hi Folks, Well, this has certainly been a hot button issues, hasn't it? When all is said and done here, are we actually scheduling a panel for Where 2.0 2009?
If so, I would like to offer my services and voice as a geography graduate (BA and MA in geography - focus on GIS and remote sensing image processing) with almost 10 years of GIS experience. I also run the WebMapSocial networking group in Silicon Valley (http://www.meetup.com/webmapsocial). I know a little bit about both sides of this coin to know that empirically-driven geographers - what you call "paleogeographers," and hacker-geographers - what you call "neographers," are basically birds of the same feather. You love the planet, love computers and think spatially above all else. Both empirical and hacker geographers studies and applications are highly valuable and in my opinion critical to technology, science, and the understanding of the human condition. At the moment, empirically-driven and hackers are just working on solving different problems: empirically-driven geographers produce studies on invasive plant species infestation, fractal-based migratory patterns of seal foraging, and polar stratospheric cloud formation; and hacker-geographers produce applications about finding your lost kid on a cell phone using a map, teaching non-geography savvy people how to visualize and "play with" the whole planet with the touch of a button, and the fastest way to get medical attention to a person in need during a natural disaster. The more that you are able to use each other's body of knowledge, the more fabulous and outstanding your studies and applications will be. Heck, most all of you are still trying to strike it rich and famous with your earth-shattering idea or application - so you definitely have that in common.... Let's make it live, shall we?? :) With admiration for you all, Catherine Burton Catherine Burton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Owner, Endpoint Environmental LLC Product Manager, Urban Forest Mapping Project Lead Organizer, Web 2.0 Mapping and Social Networks Group Mailing address: 474 23RD Ave., Ste. 2, San Francisco, CA. 94121-3032 Tel: (415) 668-4222 Fax: (415) 668-5222 Cell: (415) 902-0403 Creating Your Map -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Andrew Larcombe Sent: Monday, November 24, 2008 10:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Geowanking] Idea for a Neogeographers meet Paleogeographerspanel at Where 2.0 >The problem with Neogeography is really nailing down what it is - and the only >way to define something (short of true >ontological categories) is to use >known ideas in the definition. I suspect that the question 'What is neogeography/a neogeographer?' would be better answered by a rhetorician than an ontologist. £0.02 _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org _______________________________________________ Geowanking mailing list [email protected] http://geowanking.org/mailman/listinfo/geowanking_geowanking.org
