Cartography and the Internet: Introduction and Research Agenda

Authors

  • Michael P. Peterson University of Nebraska-Omaha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14714/CP26.716

Keywords:

web cartography, Internet, cartography

Abstract

The Internet is helping to redefine how maps are used. Maps are now delivered to the user in a fraction of the time required to distribute maps on paper allowing them to be viewed in a more timely fashion. Weather maps, for example, are posted on an hourly basis. Most importantly, maps on the Internet are more interactive. They are accessed through a hyperlinking structure that makes it possible to engage the map user on a higher-level than is possible with a map on paper. Finally, the Internet is ma.king the distribution of cartographic animations possible. The Internet presents cartographers with a faster method of map distribution, different forms of mapping, and new areas of research.

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Published

1997-03-01

How to Cite

Peterson, M. P. (1997). Cartography and the Internet: Introduction and Research Agenda. Cartographic Perspectives, (26), 3–12. https://doi.org/10.14714/CP26.716

Issue

No. 26 (1997)

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