Timeline for What is WebGIS, and why is it a tag?
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| Oct 16, 2014 at 21:22 | history | edited | PolyGeoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 16, 2014 at 20:12 | comment | added | Chris W | Web certainly seems like a meta tag. But personally I see a useful distinction between web-mapping and web-gis - one simply plots and displays data while the other has analysis capabilities. Just as this answer points out, though perhaps not as in actual applied use on the site. Obviously web-gis is a very little-used tag at the moment. Don't know how I feel about elimination in favor of specific product tags. We have lots of general tags that are also covered by product tags; networks and geoprocessing functions for example. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 23:23 | comment | added | blah238 |
Regarding other tags, I agree something should probably be done about them. Probably add online to the mix, too. :)
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| Oct 15, 2014 at 21:56 | history | edited | PolyGeoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 15, 2014 at 9:19 | comment | added | blah238 | This works for me. I have updated the referenced question to use the more generic term "web GIS", rather than "WebGIS", and clarified its title. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 9:13 | vote | accept | blah238 | ||
| Oct 15, 2014 at 3:45 | comment | added | Martin F | Looks good now. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 3:35 | comment | added | PolyGeo Mod | @martinf Because I think it should rarely be used, I had overlooked providing a definition. I've addressed that now. | |
| Oct 15, 2014 at 3:34 | history | edited | PolyGeoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Updated in line with comment from martinf
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| Oct 15, 2014 at 3:25 | comment | added | Martin F | Can you define the term, before worrying about when it should/shouldn't be used? | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 23:02 | history | edited | PolyGeoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Oct 13, 2014 at 23:02 | comment | added | PolyGeo Mod | @blah238 I'm in almost total agreement but I think burnination is just too big a stick to use on a tag that to me is only a minor irritant compared to some others that are begging for disambiguation first. | |
| Oct 13, 2014 at 22:49 | comment | added | blah238 |
I guess my point was that I don't think the web-gis tag should be used at all, but this is definitely an improvement. The problem I see with the tag is that it is so incredibly vague, that it is likely only to ever be used on questions that should be closed as 'too broad'.
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| Oct 13, 2014 at 21:49 | history | answered | PolyGeoMod | CC BY-SA 3.0 |