Immediate precursor terms in the industry press were: "the geospatial Web" and "the geoaware Web" (both 2005); "Where 2.0" (2005); "a dissident cartographic aesthetic" and "mapping and counter-mapping" (2006).
Vorherige Begriffe in der (englischsprachigen) Fachpresse waren „the geospatial Web“ sowie „the geoaware Web“ (beide 2005); „Where 2.0“ (2005); „a dissident cartographic aesthetic“ and „mapping and counter-mapping“ (2006).