Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS

Crampton, Jeremy W.

ISBN 10: 1405121726 / ISBN 13: 9781405121729

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1405121726
• ISBN 13: 9781405121729
• Binding: hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

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

About the Author

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.