7 Web GIS
The web is more a social creation than a technical one. I designed it for a social effect, to help people work together, and not as a technical toy. The ultimate goal of the web is to support and improve our weblike existence in the world. We clump into families, associations, and companies. We develop trust across the mules and distrust around the corner.
Tim Berners-Lee, creator of the worldwide web, in “Weaving the Web: The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web”
7.1 Introduction
For most people in developed countries, and a little over half of the world’s population, the Internet and the ecosystems and technology that have grown around it are no longer a novelty but instead ...
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