http://gislounge.com/online-mapping-is-not-the-death-knell-for-maps/ Information about GIS, GPS, cartography and geography Tue, 16 Mar 2010 21:12:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://gislounge.com/online-mapping-is-not-the-death-knell-for-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6043 Epicanis Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:04:14 +0000 http://gislounge.com/?p=1039#comment-6043 I <a href="http://www.bigroom.org/wordpress/?p=180" rel="nofollow">posted on this last night as well</a>, and I maintain that the problem with Ms. Spence's position is even more insidious than mere neo-Luddite attitude. Her whole attitude towards what the internet <em>is</em> is the problem here (and in many other places). I posted on this last night as well, and I maintain that the problem with Ms. Spence’s position is even more insidious than mere neo-Luddite attitude. Her whole attitude towards what the internet is is the problem here (and in many other places).

]]> http://gislounge.com/online-mapping-is-not-the-death-knell-for-maps/comment-page-1/#comment-6033 StuartD Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:26:36 +0000 http://gislounge.com/?p=1039#comment-6033 As put by Ms Spence, this seems to be a non-argument. You might as well have a go at computer word processors for undermining literacy and the art of handwriting, or pocket calculators for undermining numeracy. At one level you might legitimately do that, but surely the roots of such pedagogic problems lie elsewhere in society. And would anyone seriously argue that today’s world would be better off without such electronic tools? As put by Ms Spence, this seems to be a non-argument. You might as well have a go at computer word processors for undermining literacy and the art of handwriting, or pocket calculators for undermining numeracy. At one level you might legitimately do that, but surely the roots of such pedagogic problems lie elsewhere in society. And would anyone seriously argue that today’s world would be better off without such electronic tools?

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