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Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS Wiley-Blackwell | 2010-02-15 | ISBN: 1405121726 | 232 pages | PDF | 2 MB 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 Code: *************************************** Code: *************************************** RE: Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS - kowheng - 10-18-2011 Mirror Links: ฺBookmarked PDF|RAR 2.90|2.74 MB Code: *************************************** RE: Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS - ska51 - 10-18-2011 Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS Author: Jeremy W. Crampton | Size: 2.80 MB | Format: PDF | Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell | Year: 2010 | pages: 232 | ISBN: 1405121726
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 Code: *************************************** |