Ground truth : the social implications of geographic information systems
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Ground truth : the social implications of geographic information systems
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The Guilford Press, c1995
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Over the past two decades, techniques for advanced computing and enhanced imaging have transformed the ways planners, geographers, surveyors, and others think about and visualize the places, regions, and peoples of the earth. Ground Truth is the first book to explicitly address the role of geographic information systems (GIS) in their social context. Contributing authors consider the ideas and practices that have emerged among GIS users, demonstrating how they reflect the material and political interests of certain groups. Chapters also discuss the impact of new GIS technologies on the discipline of geography, and evaluate the role of GIS within the wider transformations of free-market capitalism.
Table of Contents
J. Pickles, Representations in an Electronic Age: Geography, GIS and Democracy. M.F. Goodchild, GIS and Geographic Research. P.J. Taylor, R.J. Johnston, GIS and Geography. M.R. Curry, Geographic Information Systems and the Inevitability of Ethical Inconsistency. H. Veregin, Computer Innovation and Adoption in Geography: A Critique of Conventional Technological Models. P.H. McHaffe, Manufacturing Metaphors: Public Cartography, the Market and Democracy. J. Goss, Marketing the New Marketing: The Strategic Discourse of Geodemographic Information Systems. S.M. Roberts, R. H. Schein, Earth Shattering: Global Imagery and GIS. T.M. Harris, et al, Pursuing Social Goals Through Participatory GIS? Redressing South Africa's Historical Political Ecology. J. Pickles, Conclusion: Towards an Economy of Electronic Representation and the Virtual Sign.
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