The following links are worth looking at before a discussion about the geoweb, a complex topic that benefits from example in its elucidation:
http://geoweb.andrewshears.com
http://www.communitymaps.org.uk
http://www.mapkibera.org
http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov
http://www.maptube.org/
http://openstreetmap.org
http://www.telegeography.com
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=165 (Mark Graham, Oxford Internet Institute)
mappingmashups.net (Alan McConchie's site)
lifeaftergis.blogspot.co.uk (Matt Wilson's site)
http://www.visualcomplexity.com
http://bbs.keyhole.com
http://housingmaps.com (a housing map mashup)
http://cybergeography.org/atlas
http://www.caida.org
(portions of this list were derived from the Mapping, Cyberspace entry of the International Encyclopedia of Human Geography)
I'd also suggest the newly launched Geoweb Wiki: http://geoweb.andrewshears.com/. Maybe your students would like to help add content there?
ReplyDeleteGood idea, I'll let them know about it
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