NeoGeography? What kind of mashup is that?

Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 3:38 am Posted in General

Ack, this is my last post for a while, promise…

I’ve heard the term neogeography a couple times before, and most recently saw it on the High Earth Orbit blog (by way of Planet Geospatial) with a link to the new site called neogeography.net.

The thought that keeps popping into my mind when I hear this term is: Couldn’t they have mashed it up a bit more? Like, into “Neography”?

-J

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  1. 1Andrew Turner on Oct 18, 2006 at 11:26 am:

    I use the term “neography” myself, much easier to say, though I think that is perhaps still “slang on slang” ;)

  2. 2Andrew Turner on Jan 22, 2007 at 8:52 pm:

    Actually, based on Caitlin’s article here on my new book, Introduction to Neogeography, I was rethinking my own comment on “Neography”. In researching for the book, I looked up ‘neography’ which has a difference meaning.

    From Wikipedia:

    A constructed script (also artificial script, neography) is a new writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or culture like a natural script.

    Therefore, “Neogeography” is actually a better term, since it is “new-geography”. Or perhaps, NeoCartography or NeoGIS? At least that’s better than “Mapping 2.0″. :)

  3. 3Jason Birch on Jan 23, 2007 at 12:07 am:

    Lol.

    How about Gneeospatial?

    :)