Comments on: Neogeography v Paleogeography : Round 1 http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/ Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:52:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Virtual Earth - Now in ESRI « Tim Warr’s Blog http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151849 Virtual Earth - Now in ESRI « Tim Warr’s Blog Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:44:05 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151849 [...] Basically they have different strengths.  Recently I have got really tired of the paleo vs neo geography debate.  It should be about using the right tool for the job and working to integrating them [...] [...] Basically they have different strengths.  Recently I have got really tired of the paleo vs neo geography debate.  It should be about using the right tool for the job and working to integrating them [...]

]]> By: Tony Battle http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151330 Tony Battle Mon, 10 Dec 2007 22:12:18 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151330 Round 2? Round 2?

]]> By: Duncan Garratt http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151326 Duncan Garratt Mon, 10 Dec 2007 13:19:38 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151326 I feel some in the GIS world are feeling somewhat insecure! These so called divisions I think are destructive, and they certainly don’t forward the use of GIS by all. This argument is not about GIS in general, it is about GIS application technologies and publishing of map data via the web. The bottom line is a map is a map regardless of what you can do with it. The basics of cartography have not changed in decades only the medium on which the map data is displayed! If GIS is to have a bright future, then the more accessible GIS technologies are the better! I welcome young blood into the GIS industry; their ideas and enthusiasm are most welcome! I feel some in the GIS world are feeling somewhat insecure! These so called divisions I think are destructive, and they certainly don’t forward the use of GIS by all. This argument is not about GIS in general, it is about GIS application technologies and publishing of map data via the web. The bottom line is a map is a map regardless of what you can do with it. The basics of cartography have not changed in decades only the medium on which the map data is displayed! If GIS is to have a bright future, then the more accessible GIS technologies are the better! I welcome young blood into the GIS industry; their ideas and enthusiasm are most welcome!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151325 Daniel Mon, 10 Dec 2007 05:15:40 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151325 Life isn't easy, Tony. If life were easy -- we wouldn't have a need for all this data. Life isn’t easy, Tony. If life were easy — we wouldn’t have a need for all this data.

]]> By: Tony Battle http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151329 Tony Battle Sun, 09 Dec 2007 20:14:47 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151329 People attempt to redefine existing professions and define divisions between this and that, in order to ring fence their own supposed but incorrectly stated right to an existing, new or speciality area. As much as what we do now is technologically light years from old pen and ink map scribing; the fundamentals are the same. Neo and Paleo. It's horse-sh*t and those who spout it, know it. Ultimately, it's also pretty insulting. Dinosaurs never died out. They evolved. People attempt to redefine existing professions and define divisions between this and that, in order to ring fence their own supposed but incorrectly stated right to an existing, new or speciality area. As much as what we do now is technologically light years from old pen and ink map scribing; the fundamentals are the same. Neo and Paleo. It’s horse-sh*t and those who spout it, know it. Ultimately, it’s also pretty insulting. Dinosaurs never died out. They evolved.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151328 Daniel Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:17:41 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151328 Here, Ed. We can start offering the following as a tie-in to an analogy: "What does the following finding teach us?" http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071203-dino-mummy.html Here, Ed. We can start offering the following as a tie-in to an analogy:

“What does the following finding teach us?”
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/071203-dino-mummy.html

]]> By: Crouchingbadger http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151324 Crouchingbadger Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:46:33 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151324 The perceived distinction was made apparent to me last year's OS Mashup where Peter Trevelyan (Met Office) railed against mashups as simplistic toys. I felt there was something for all of us to learn and making friends would have been a good start. (In his defence, though, he does keep a database of every particle of air over the UK rather than 'myfavouritedoggingspots.com') The perceived distinction was made apparent to me last year’s OS Mashup where Peter Trevelyan (Met Office) railed against mashups as simplistic toys. I felt there was something for all of us to learn and making friends would have been a good start. (In his defence, though, he does keep a database of every particle of air over the UK rather than ‘myfavouritedoggingspots.com’)

]]> By: Dave Smith http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151327 Dave Smith Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:25:49 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151327 "He says 'tah-may-da', she says 'toe-mah-toe'..." At the end of the day, it's still a tomato. “He says ‘tah-may-da’, she says ‘toe-mah-toe’…”

At the end of the day, it’s still a tomato.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.edparsons.com/2007/12/neogeography-v-paleogeography-round-1/comment-page-1/#comment-151323 Daniel Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:46:15 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=593#comment-151323 I just use 'geo-spatial' and do my magic. Let the others waste their time. I just use ‘geo-spatial’ and do my magic. Let the others waste their time.

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