LA ‘NUOVA CARTOGRAFIA’ CREATA DAGLI UTENTI. PROBLEMI, PROSPETTIVE, SCENARI

User-created digital cartography represents a growing phenomenon. Several users contribute with ‘simple’ elements to the diffusion and sharing of digital cartography. Examples can be found in GPS originating tracks for bike and tourist tracks, as well as POIs (Points of Interest) for satellite navigation devices. Also, some wider cartographic phenomena must me reminded as the OpenStreetMap project, where a ‘global’ cartography is built and updated only by users under a procedure borrowed from Wikipedia – like structures, and that represents a multi-shape environment where the cartographic product can be visualized, printed, downloaded for the use in satellite navigation devices as well as in Geographical Information Systems. * Dipartimento di Scienze della formazione e dei processi culturali, Sezione di Geografia Economica, Università degli Studi di Trieste, P .le Europa, 1 – 34127 Trieste. Tel. 040 558 7008; Fax. 040 558 7009; giuseppe.borruso@econ.units.it AIC nr.138 parte3 18-06-2010 12:20 Pagina 241