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April 07, 2005

Mapping new territory

Google Maps have put cartography umm, firmly on the map of worthwhile intentions, reports The Guardian.

While Google - being typically American - so far hasn't got much beyond the area that Christopher Colombus charted, there is a global revolution in mapping going on. The phenomenon is called "community cartography", in which amateurs band together to draw up free maps.

With a GPS in your pocket, you can draw up your own local map, accurate to within a few metres, and link it to the work of others. A few amateurs are doing just that to create a map of central London. Someone MUST be doing the same sort of thing in Melbourne. Surely. Any hints?

Posted by cw at April 7, 2005 05:19 PM