Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems (Mappings: Society/Theory/Space) - Softcover

"This book provides the first in depth engagement of GIS with critical social theory. It is a 'must-read', 'must-teach' book."-- (12/09/1994) "I recommend it highly for GIS users and instructors....Planners' use of GIS would be richer and wiser if those who used and taught the technology paid attention to the important lessons contained in this book."-- (12/09/1994) "... the contributions of many of the chapters in Ground Truth offer intellectually insightful work that will help connect the work of social theorists with the GIS research community."-- (12/09/1994)

This text addresses the impact GIS is having in our social organization and the ways in which GIS is transforming how we think about the discipline of geography. examining the new technologies for gathering, analyzing and mapping geographic data, the author addresses issues about the use of GIS in research, technology, power, democratization and the changing visions of what constitutes market, territory and Empire.