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NeoGeography and the nature of geographic expertise
Abstract
NeoGeography has been defined as a blurring of the distinctions between producer, communicator and consumer of geographic information. The relationship between professional and amateur varies across disciplines. The subject matter of geography is familiar to everyone, and the acquisition and compilation of geographic data have become vastly easier as technology has advanced. The authority of traditional mapping agencies can be attributed to their specifications, production mechanisms and programs for quality control. Very different mechanisms work to ensure the quality of data volunteered by amateurs. Academic geographers are concerned with the extraction of knowledge from geographic data using a combination of analytic tools and accumulated theory. The definition of NeoGeography implies a misunderstanding of this role of the professional, but English lacks a basis for a better term.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Goodchild, M.
- Venue
- Journal of Location Based Services
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2009-06
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 82-96
- ISSN
- 1748-9725 (ISSN-L)
- 1748-9733
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- W2082216607
- Cited by
- 312
- References
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- FWCI
- 177.16
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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