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Mapping a critical introduction to cartography and GIS /

"Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range of disciplines for the non-specialist reader.: Examines the key influences Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and...

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Main Authors: Crampton, Jeremy W.
Published:
Literature type: Electronic eBook
Language: English
Series: Critical introductions to geography
Subjects:
Cartography > Computer programs.
Geographic information systems.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems.
Geografische informatiesystemen.
Cartografie.
Electronic books.
Online Access: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/book/10.1002/9781444317411
Summary: "Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS is an introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range of disciplines for the non-specialist reader.: Examines the key influences Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and cartography have on the study of geography and other related disciplines; Represents the first in-depth summary of the 'new cartography' that has appeared since the early 1990s; Provides an explanation of what this new critical cartography is, why it is important, and how it is relevant to a broad, interdisciplinary set of readers; Presents theoretical discussion supplemented with real-world case studies; Brings together both a technical understanding of GIS and mapping as well as sensitivity to the importance of theory"--Provided by publisher.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps.
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-202) and index.
ISBN: 9781444317428 (electronic bk.)
1444317423 (electronic bk.)
9781444319194 (electronic bk.)
1444319191 (electronic bk.)
9781444317411
1444317415
Index Number: GA102
CLC: P285
Contents: Maps-a perverse sense of the unseemly -- What is critique? -- Maps 2.0: map mashups and new spatial media -- What is critical cartography and GIS? -- How mapping became scientific -- Governing with maps: Cartographic political economy -- The political history of cartography deconstructed: Harley, Gall, and Peters -- GIS after critique: what next? -- Geosurveillance and spying with maps -- Cyberspace and virtual worlds -- The cartographic construction of race and identity -- The poetics of space: art, beauty, and imagination -- Epilogue: Beyond the cartographic anxiety?

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