The explosive growth in increasingly sophisticated web mapping sites will herald a new era in popular mapping, the democratization of cartography, and a diversity of map creators, designing, creating, and sharing their own maps of what matters most to them. We can only speculate about the role popular map design and creation will play in the future – political activism, organizing and promoting community, connecting people to place, brotherly love, peace on earth, a cure for the common cold, and… where to take a piss.
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