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Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Jeremy W. Crampton
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Description for Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
Hardcover. 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. Series: Critical Introductions to Geography. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: RGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 538.
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.
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Series
Critical Introductions to Geography
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United States
ISBN
9781405121729
SKU
V9781405121729
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Ref
99-50
About Jeremy W. Crampton
Jeremy W. Crampton is Associate Professor of Geography at Georgia State University, where he teaches cartography and political geography. He is the author of The Political Mapping of Cyberspace (2003) and Space, Knowledge and Power: Foucault and Geography (edited with Stuart Elden, 2007), and is the editor of the journal Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization.
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