What is cybercartography? What does it entail?

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What is cybercartography? What does it entail?

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The word “cybercartography” is the combination of two terms: (1) “cyber” (derived from Kubernan – to govern in Greek) which, in contemporary usage, is related to cyberspace loosely associated with computer usage; and (2) “cartography” (derived from Khartes - papyrus in Greek) which is associated with the traditional way of mapping. The term “cybercartography” captures the changing nature of maps and mapmaking intrinsically interconnected to the change of medium.

Cybercartography was defined as “The organization, presentation, analysis and communication of spatially referenced information on a wide variety of topics of interest to society in an interactive, dynamic, multisensory format with the use of multimedia and multimodal interfaces”

Cybercartography, along with emerging domains such as geovisualization or web mapping, characterizes the profound changes of mapmaking. These changes are the result of developments in industry, the open source community, local communities as well as new mapping products created by academics, scientists and artists in myriad disciplines. These changes illustrate the current vitality and the renewal of the world of maps and mapmaking.