Week 3

http://g.co/maps/n5b96

Neogeography has potential for a positive outcome when used for what it was intended. For every one to have an ability to share their travels, research, and opinions through making their own maps opens the door for much more variety on the internet. For example, instead of only having a cartographer portray a map on only selective information, you can see a map made by an artist of everywhere their art is displayed, or you can see a map of all the restaurants someone ate at while abroad. It gives an opportunity to display information in an understandable way to every interest. 

There are definitely pitfalls and consequences in neogeography. Not everyone is honest in the information they display when given the opportunity to share, like we see on sites such as Wikipedia. There is potential for neogeography to get out of hand from the misuse of the ability to share your personal information with the world, and the consequence of that is caused by our inability to filter out what is true and what is not.  There is also the consequence of the displaying of inaccurate data. Whether it be intentional or not, people will display their information as fact and then someone else will use that information for their own cause. By this happening it causes the continuous use of data that is not correct. The inaccuracy of data is something we have to watch out for when doing a simple Google search, with the continuation of neogeography, the web of lies will continue to grow.