Online Mapping: Theoretical Context and Practical Applications

Abstract

This chapter discusses the emerging area of maps and online mapping capabilities via the World Wide Web. As several other contributors to this book point out (for example, Krygier, Taylor) the most important aspect of contemporary cartography is not the technology per se, but rather how it impacts what kinds of questions and answers we come up with as geographers and cartographers. In other words, what are the implications of online mapping, and into what cartographic context can it be placed in order to understand it best?