View u. c. l. a. in a larger map
Being so busy with classes and clubs I found myself being swept away by the culture defined and strictly limited to time efficiency; so, this map served as a reminder to stop and really look around. And as I set out to take all the pictures for this map, I was overcome by feelings of excitement and mystery that usually coincide with exploration. Simply making this map has let me see this campus in many new lights. This map shows UCLA in a way that is, hopefully, new and exciting for many people. The points represent places or things; the line highlights the main streets that surround campus. It highlights little or lesser known things and places of UCLA that many people can easily overlook and underlines the theme that Professor Shin has made in class that these maps can show us how much we really don't know about a place. It also allows the user, ironically through a digital map, to appreciate the smaller things in life and not be swept away by never-ending deadlines.
Neogeography is exciting from the mapmakers point of view and it offers insight on a personal level. And that is why neogeography can be amazing. It can create maps filled with personal experiences and insights, and with this maps with such in-depth local analysis can be open to the public. These sorts of maps can be very useful on a local level. It is because of these same reasons that neogeographic maps can be misleading. Though these maps offer insight on a personal level, the information provided is most likely biased. As you can see with my own map, most of the points I made were very nature-like, with plenty of flora. Since the information on neogeo maps can be biased, an uninformed user can easily misinterpret the map and the location it defines. Though neogeo maps have plenty of potential and pitfalls, it can certainly change the way people look at the world around them.
Video Source: PokeWixKev826. (2009) [Youtube video] Video: "UCLA UC Regents Protest: 11/18/09, 11:34 A.M." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahMlae-zB08
Picture Sources: Jessica Canet (2010) [All photographs] Album: u k l a.
http://s1027.photobucket.com/albums/y335/jeccacanet/u%20k%20l%20a/
URL Source: http://www.e3la.org/organic-garden-on-campus.html
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