Excellent article in WIRED mag.
Talks about the origins of Google Earth/Maps, the data, the mashups, future tech and at the end a long tail reference to how all of this is democratizing the power once wielded by the map makers of the world.
Smartpox and Semapedia are worth a look as well as metalayers of data on the world.
Talks about the origins of Google Earth/Maps, the data, the mashups, future tech and at the end a long tail reference to how all of this is democratizing the power once wielded by the map makers of the world.
Smartpox and Semapedia are worth a look as well as metalayers of data on the world.
