Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Year: 2010 Language: english Author: Jeremy W. Crampton Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell ISBN: 978-1-4051-2172-9 Format: PDF Quality: eBook Pages count: 231 Description: 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
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Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Language: english
Author: Jeremy W. Crampton
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 978-1-4051-2172-9
Format: PDF
Quality: eBook
Pages count: 231
Description: 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
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