[GIS Book/PDF] Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS

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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 disciplinesRepresents the first in-depth summary of the “new cartography” that has appeared since the early 1990sProvides an explanation of what this new critical cartography is, why it is important, and how it is relevant to a broad, interdisciplinary set of readersPresents theoretical discussion supplemented with real-world case studiesBrings together both a technical understanding of GIS and mapping as well as sensitivity to the importance of theory

Book Info

Author(s): Jeremy W. Crampton

Series: Critical Introductions to Geography

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell, Year: 2010

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