Assignment #3 - Neogeography

View Hospitals/ Clinics in a larger map
This map shows the location of various hospitals in some parts of the LA region. Located towards the more richer towns of Beverly Hills are various hospitals and specialized clinics. However, towards the more substandard areas to the south, there are less specialized hospitals and more space between the general hospitals.



Neogeography:

Neogeography allows people to create their own maps without much knowledge in GIS. It is a much more user-friendly. Also used in social networking, banking, and social events (such as games and flash mobs), neogeography gives the public an increased general awareness. This lets people know where something is virtually anywhere on earth at real time.

But this could also be a bad thing - privacy is no longer available to many people through neogeography. There are downfalls to neogeography. Furthermore, look at my neogeographical map above. I searched only for hospitals in certain places. I'm not entirely sure that those are the only hospitals and clinics south of Beverly Hills. The information on neogeographical maps may not always be true.

The general public has heightened expectations of what their technology can do. Instant updating of a person's location accurately is an expectation. If the technology states that that person is somewhere he or she is not, that expectation adds to the aggravation towards what technology should do.

However, GIS needs neogeography as much as neogeography needs GIS. Neogeography is user-centric, while GIS is map-centric. While GIS is accuracy driven and far more detailed, the uses of neogeography drive the improvement of GIS and neogeography needs GIS to run.