In this article, I review considerations and techniques for approaching cartographic design
as visual storytelling. Stories, like maps, are a method for documenting and explaining, for …

Within volunteered geographic information (VGI), citizen science stands out as a class of
activities that require special attention and analysis. Citizen science is likely to be the …

High‐resolution raster hydrography maps are a fundamental data source for many
geoscience applications. Here we introduce MERIT Hydro, a new global flow direction map …

examination of the rapidly growing field of political ecology. Located at the intersection of
geography, anthropology, sociology, and environmental history, political ecology is one of …

In recent months there has been an explosion of interest in using the Web to create,
assemble, and disseminate geographic information provided voluntarily by individuals. Sites …

As open data becomes more widely provided by government, it is important to ask questions
about the future possibilities and forms that government open data may take. We present …

The convergence of newly interactive Web-based technologies with growing practices of
user-generated content disseminated on the Internet is generating a remarkable new form of …

Within the framework of Web 2.0 map** applications, the most striking example of a
geographical application is the OpenStreetMap (OSM) project. OSM aims to create a free …

Geography and Geographers continues to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date
overview of human geography available. It provides a survey of the major debates, key …

User-generated content (UGC) platforms on the Internet have experienced a steep increase
in data contributions in recent years. The ubiquitous usage of location-enabled devices …