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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
* 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