Mapping
A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
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Beschreibung
Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS isan introduction to the critical issues surrounding mapping andGeographic Information Systems (GIS) across a wide range ofdisciplines for the non-specialist reader.
* Examines the key influences Geographic Information Systems(GIS) and cartography have on the study of geography and otherrelated disciplines
* Represents the first in-depth summary of the "newcartography" that has appeared since the early 1990s
* Provides an explanation of what this new critical cartographyis, why it is important, and how it is relevant to a broad,interdisciplinary set of readers
* Presents theoretical discussion supplemented with real-worldcase studies
* Brings together both a technical understanding of GIS andmapping as well as sensitivity to the importance of theory
Autor*in
Jeremy W. Crampton
Themen in »Mapping«
Geographie Geography Geoinformationssystem GIS, Fernerkundung u. Kartographie GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography Kartographie