The Postmodernity of WEMAP

In the transferring process from the modern society to the post-modern society, information is transmitted via WeMedia. WeMap is a kind of maps in the time of We Media that are made by the public whose main purpose is to improve the map expressions to avoid the problems due to the lack of spatial cognitive knowledge, and to focus on the expressions of the map users ’ subjective information. Unlike the traditional maps, WeMap aims to express geographical features and phenomena from multiple perspectives and dimensions. Using the Post-Modernist Philosophy to guide technological research, such as Embodied Cognitive View, Prototype Theory of Category and Decentralism, this paper critically analyzes and reconstructs the spatial cognition, information classifications, and cartographic expressions, and forms a conceptual framework of WeMap with post-modern philosophical characteristics.