tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123225361504762353.post7530312875300377689..comments2024-03-26T21:54:22.713-07:00Comments on Cartonerd: Cartographic Identity DisorderKenneth Fieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16738467752479352030noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123225361504762353.post-68851006148287146052013-06-06T13:20:03.977-07:002013-06-06T13:20:03.977-07:00I make maps. I know maps. That makes me a cartogra...I make maps. I know maps. That makes me a cartographer, and I don't see the need to apologize for it. If 'cartographer' is a term that needs an image lift, I don't see any better way to accomplish that than for the cartographic community to reorganize themselves around the term and wear it like a badge of honor.<br /><br />Yes, mapmaking has changed drastically in the past decades, and yes, mapmakers are a diverse bunch, but let's face it: mapmaking is such a niche expertise that we can not afford to further splinter our discipline by dividing ourselves into "Geoinformatics experts" versus "map artists" versus "GeoUX designers" versus "[insert buzzword-y title here]".<br /><br />If cartography is going to maintain its increasingly-wavering sense of relevancy, we in the community need to focus on what makes us all similar, rather than what makes us each different. What makes us similar is that we all make maps. We all know maps. We're all cartographers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com