It's an online cartographic community. The kind of application for this exchange of information would be something like where certain bird species have been spotted in a particular region in the past month. Qualified individuals, agencies, and organizations can submit such information to us, and we in turn quality check it and make it available through the Web site to anyone who wants it. It's like a chat room where members can swap user-specific map information. For instance, it is unlikely that an organization or individual could create an economically feasible map of, say, where to take their dogs for a walk without a leash within five miles from their home.
Technology allows people to integrate maps with video, photos, and, of course, Web pages.
One can personalize a map and add almost any kind of information to it, including video and photographs. This can be done on the map, alongside, or in windows that pop up from Web pages. Maps can be added to video and photo albums. Personalized maps have become part of people's memories. In our MapMachine kiosks you are going to see greater functionality on even more compact equipment.