Here it is Ladies and Gentlemaps! Jack Roney's Google Map. Ahh Neogeography! Much like a writers pen, a neogeographer's map can push and redline the viewers of his work to whatever the crafter may whim! For example, I created a map which has a clear bias on economically competing areas, Kailua and Waikiki. At first look, this map appears to be a cheesy creation for tourists moseying around Oahu. In reality, Kailua's city council slipped me a roll of bills under the table. If this map were published and distributed wide scale, it would isolate an entire demographic of profiteers in the war for tourist's business in Hawaii. While Waikiki gets no publicity, the hopelessly boring atmosphere of Kailua is made to look utopian.
Furthermore, exact pitfalls in the school of Neogeography come at the price of accuracy. When we use pre-existing toolkits to do a job, we may not get the exact results we are after. It feels like using a mismatched wrench for an undersized bolt. Yes, Google maps got the job done, but what it didn't allow me to express each and every detail I was looking for. It has given me new perspective on map creation as a whole. Maybe the best maps out there are done by individuals who dedicate themselves to stay away from Neogeography?
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