Vanessa G's Map, Lab 3

View Sweet Treats in LA in a larger map

This map is of places I have been to throughout the greater Los Angeles that sell a variety of desserts.  It also includes the places I would like to go. Although I was careful with my placement of the markers, the problem with inaccuracy still arises. This is one of the main problems with Neography because anyone can create anything on the internet and others would assume it is accurate. Even when being carefully accurate, amateurs like myself have biases over what they include and what they exclude.  For example, I only chose to include Crumbs Bake Shop over Sprinkles because I have a personal preference to Crumbs.

For everything that is progressive about Neography there is a negative side. For instance, Neography helps anyone find out the locations of a great hole in the wall business to bring it more business. On the other hand, it could also give wrong information about any business and the comments of viewers can blemish the reputation of places more severely. With Neography there are many maps about anything, so that information about places can be displayed in a dynamic way. However, then there are people who create confusing maps that do not help present any ideas.