Cartography on the Internet: Thoughts and a Preliminary User Survey

Abstract

Thjs paper reviews the design and delivery of maps through the Internet. The paper also reports on the finclings of a pilot study undertaken to solicit user reactions to a set of Internet maps, to test whether professional geographers and non-geographers judge Internet maps differently, and to identify key issues in cartography related to the Internet. The study concentrates on Internet maps for tourism and travel. The paper does not offer defirutive conclusions, but instead attempts to raise questions and methodological issues, and to stimulate debate.