MyMap Lab

Outdoor Destinations near Spokane

8 years ago I had the opportunity to move. Prior to that day I had never even heard of Spokane. Outdoor recreation is a huge part of my life, and since moving in 2004, I have had the opportunity to explore a number of public use areas in the Inland Northwest. One of my favorite parts of living in Spokane is the sheer number of outdoor recreation areas we have within a few hour drive. For this assignment, I made a map of some of my favorite outdoor destinations close to home.

Making this map was the first time I dove into the world of neogeography. Neogeography is defined as people using a pre-existing toolkit to create maps on their own terms. Users have the ability to draw from a huge database of information, allowing the creation and sharing of substantive maps.Undoubtedly, neogeography will expand as more users discover the ease of sharing location data from any number of devices. 

The consequence of allowing users from all skill levels to share maps and location data will be the availability of unregulated maps and data. Determining accuracy of information is the responsibility of the viewer, and could lead to the propagation of inaccurate information. Also, in exchange for ease of use, users are confined by the pre-existing toolkit, which may not contain the exact information or styles the user initially wanted to convey.