Travel in the United States 2014

East Coast Trip in Oct 2014 ( Appreciate the Autumn Colors)

States visited:

New York

Connecticut

Massachusetts

New Hampshire

Rhode Island

Maine

Vermont

New Jersey

Pennsylvania

Maryland

Washington D.C.

Travel in 2012 and 2013

Nov 2012 Travel to Nanjing in China


Haven't posted anything here for a long time. And here comes the end of the year again.

I can see myself growing. It's nice to read back what I wrote before. Who cares about this blog. I wonder. I make this public, but I don't really promote it to people. It's been a contradicting need of self-awareness.

I don't expect people around me would read my blog, because I am sure there are so many more important things in their lives that they are more concern about.

If you are the person who is following my blog, thanks for your time! I hope this is helpful and inspiring to you.

July 2013 Road trip:
States Covered:
California
Arizona
Utah
Nevada
Colorado
Wyoming
South Dakota

Lab 3: Create my own map =) Fun Eastern Washington Road Trip

View Fun Eastern Washington Road Trip in a larger map

      As for the potential of neogeography, online interactive maps assists to extend information rapidly and straightforwardly. User-created maps are well-organized methods of assigning important information to people who dislike a paper maps. Moreover, neogeography lets us share our individual analysis of the same geographical area. The individualized maps also add a social understanding of the vicinity. However, this extensive data source holds some risks according to how the data is explained and applied. 

      Because these types of maps can be edited with no trouble and they look proficient, they may endow with misinformation. People would be misinformed into trusting the wrong data. Furthermore, the fact that the advanced programming does all of the thinking for the users may lead to a dilapidation in users’ investigative skills. Another drawback of neogeography is a threat to privacy and security. Neogeography allows for an exchange of personal information among the crowd, such as sexual orientation and political alliance. This implies that people can be targeted for crimes. Last but not least, if we over-rely on online maps, we may get lost if the area does not have internet access on the way of our trips. Therefore, paper maps are still worthwhile and reliable to be used in addition to google or yahoo maps.