The Internet is transforming the way maps are made, enabling ordinary people – dubbed “citizen cartographers” – to work alongside intrepid adventurers and professional geographers. These cartographers – whose only common characteristic is Internet access – are embracing the opportunity to depict the places that they know and love, whether to help their neighbors get around or to give faraway people a glimpse of their local environments.
互联网正在悄然改变测绘方式，让被冠以“公民测绘者”称谓的普通人能与勇敢的冒险家和专业的地理学家携手合作。这些测绘者唯一的共同特点是可以上网，他们充分利用机会描绘自己熟悉和喜爱的环境，既可以帮助邻居的日常生活也能让远方的人了解他们当地的环境。