Comments on: Guardian Tech : The end of paper http://www.edparsons.com/2009/12/guardian-tech-the-end-of-paper/ The blog of Ed Parsons, Geographer. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:11:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Paul Webster http://www.edparsons.com/2009/12/guardian-tech-the-end-of-paper/#comment-1973 Paul Webster Thu, 24 Dec 2009 10:54:35 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1098#comment-1973 How long before google can get OS data into its mapping: at least the contours, field boundaries and water feature data, I'm sure the final product can improve on Explorer (or Landranger) as you say. The Nasa SRTM contours (currently used on terrain view) are woefully inaccurate in comparison. Make Google maps usable for rural walking! How long before google can get OS data into its mapping: at least the contours, field boundaries and water feature data, I’m sure the final product can improve on Explorer (or Landranger) as you say. The Nasa SRTM contours (currently used on terrain view) are woefully inaccurate in comparison.

Make Google maps usable for rural walking!

]]> By: TG http://www.edparsons.com/2009/12/guardian-tech-the-end-of-paper/#comment-1972 TG Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:38:04 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1098#comment-1972 Ed, nice post. As an additional prediction I would say that the digitial evolution you describe, coupled with free mid-scale OS data, will also fuel a rennaissance in creative paper mapping. There are niche markets for paper mapping that have a dedicated following despite other alternatives, look e.g. at Harveys Maps for their unrivalled mountain navigation maps, or ITO World with their innovative bus stop posters - all creative paper products designed from digital base data. As you say not every map needs to look like Landranger so, with such base mapping liberated, it will be interesting to see what other paper-based creativity (or even art?) will come out of this. Thierry Ed, nice post.

As an additional prediction I would say that the digitial evolution you describe, coupled with free mid-scale OS data, will also fuel a rennaissance in creative paper mapping.

There are niche markets for paper mapping that have a dedicated following despite other alternatives, look e.g. at Harveys Maps for their unrivalled mountain navigation maps, or ITO World with their innovative bus stop posters – all creative paper products designed from digital base data.

As you say not every map needs to look like Landranger so, with such base mapping liberated, it will be interesting to see what other paper-based creativity (or even art?) will come out of this.

Thierry

]]> By: Michael Cross http://www.edparsons.com/2009/12/guardian-tech-the-end-of-paper/#comment-1971 Michael Cross Fri, 18 Dec 2009 11:30:54 +0000 http://www.edparsons.com/?p=1098#comment-1971 Thanks for that, Ed. Whatever your opinion of the Guardian - and there are a lot of opinions - it's hard to imagine any other paper giving over so much space to an apparently obscure topic like free data. Credit to Charles Arthur, an editor in a million for his vision and persistence. Thanks for that, Ed. Whatever your opinion of the Guardian – and there are a lot of opinions – it’s hard to imagine any other paper giving over so much space to an apparently obscure topic like free data. Credit to Charles Arthur, an editor in a million for his vision and persistence.

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