GeoWanking

From the Geowanking listserv discussion of Google's MapMaker:

Too often post modern theory replaces good solid empirical research.

Many of the Geowankers are contributors to OpenStreepMap, which has a similar goal of expanding mapped areas through CrowdSourcing. The debate stems from ownership of the resulting map data. OpenStreetMap serves up the data as raw features licensed under CreativeCommons whereas Google only allows access through their Google Maps API under their own license.