Lab 3

View La Liga Stadium Locations and Names in a larger map


http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=101072126278466890908.0004926e6705ae6777e1f&ll=39.546412,-3.922119&spn=6.10677,9.876709&z=7

The Google Map I created shows the teams of the Spanish futbol league, La Liga. In this dynamic map, each icon represents a Spanish team, and shows the city the team plays in.  In the caption for each icon, the name of the stadium the team plays at is included.  There is a point on the map indicating Barcelona, because they are the defending La Liga champions.  There is also a line connecting Madrid and Barcelona, because they are the two major contenders for the La Liga championship, and are historically the strongest teams in the league.  There is a video link embedded for the Barcelona point, showing a video tour of Camp Nou (the video is shown as a link because the video was not embedding properly).  There is also an embedded image of the Real Madrid stadium under the icon that represents Real Madrid.

Pitfalls and potential consequences of neogeography include misinformation or potentially harmful information being presented.  Similar to the example given in class, if there are dynamic maps with the names of people who give political donations, it could lead to hate crimes or harassment.  In addition, when people make their own maps they can provide intentional misinformation.  My own map gives a good schematic of where each team plays, and locates them by the city they  play in, and names the stadium.  This provides someone with enough information to look up on their own the stadium and find its exact address, cost of tickets to games, etc.  The icons on the map do not show the stadium at its exact street location, because that is not the general purpose of the map, however, some may find that more helpful.  Nonetheless, neogeography has the potential to increase the information we have available immensely, as long as the user is aware and cognizant of the information being presented.