Neogeography has many things going for it in this information age. Data is being collected all the time by average people. From what I've read, companies are actually paying users to take detailed pictures of buildings, streets, and other places to help the company on their projects. The level of detail that can be obtained will help many users know exactly where they stand in the world.

The only negative sides I can think of about Neogeography is that, even though it's paving the way for a new form of global centralization, it's making normal paper maps more obsolete and that it's up against privacy issues every now and then. In a matter of years no one will be able to read a USGS topographic map (even though it's not like everyone used to anyway) that the average public will be completely dependent on computers in another area once again. I'm just saying if something happens to the earth that wipes out all computers no one will be able to tell where they stand in the world. My second point is that Google Streetview is an example of an invasion of privacy because it's 3-dimensional view uses pictures taken at a certain time, that includes people and cars. That means a random user can view someone who was caught in the series of pictures (creepy much?) or they can read someones license plate, among other things.

Apparently the pros outweigh the cons when it comes to Neogeography because these it can come in handy in natural disasters and save people's lives. Neogeography can help the world in a lot of ways; from helping companies make good geographically related choices and contribute to the economy, helping a government official know where the poverty levels are most prominent by means of a poverty related map, to assisting a lost person in a forest by means of GPS. At least industries and corporations realize that the benefits of neogeography far outweigh the costs of a few privacy issues.