Week 3

View Ancient Egyptian Culture Trip in U.S. in a larger map


This map is about major Museums in U.S., which have ancient Egyptian collections. I am glad that almost every state has at least one museum which has some Egyptian collections. With the help of Google Map, I can easily mark they out and give a general view of their locations and density.

The blue points and the pictures are where the museums located. The density of museum in east coast in so high that I have to mark them as points in order to make it clear. Most Museums are located in east and west coast (the area I have marked out). Moreover, the quantity and quality of collection in those museums are usually very high. On the other hand, although other states have museums with ancient Egyptian collections as well, according to their website, the quantity are often very low. Some might only have one or two collections. Therefore, we can tell that people's interest in art is proportion to people's economy ability. 

The neogeography is interesting to use. It helps us to get the sense of what information does a map need and let normal people have a chance to make their own map. 

However, it also has some disadvantages. If everyone can make their own maps and publish them, it will be hard to control the quality of maps. There might be many fake information and mistakes. At the same time, it will be hard to keep everyone updating their maps. As a result, many maps will become out of date.

In conclusion, although neogeography has some weakness, we can still take advantages of it. Moreover, I believe that it has some potential.