Cybercartography and volunteered geographic information

Both volunteered geographic information (VGI) and Cybercartography are of growing relevance in all aspects of modern cartography. This chapter will examine both these phenomena and discuss how Cybercartography as a technology, a mode of production, and a unifying framework is ideal for the visualization, management, and dissemination of VGI. VGI has special relevance for both the theory and practice of Cybercartography and this chapter will describe and explore this topic. Special attention will be paid to some of the legal aspects of VGI integration with Cybercartography and its relationship to the so-called ‘authoritative’ information