Small voices magnified: Using web 2.0 for mapping Australian viewpoints

Getting the message across' demands access to communication media. When small, independent groups wish be heard their inability to mobilise conventional media can disallow any message being broadcast. Using the Web as a publishing medium has allowed these relatively small voices to disseminate their viewpoint, which might otherwise be impossible if only conventional media could be utilised. For publishing 'small voice' information that includes geographical information Web 2.0 provides a conduit whereby 'individual' maps can readily be produced and made available, globally. The need to have skills and tools for paper or 'conventional' Web mapping production disappears. The message broadcaster becomes the cartographer.