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

 
9780898622959: Ground Truth: The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems (Mappings: Society/Theory/space)

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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.

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John Pickles, an Associate Professor in the Department of Geography, is also member of the Committee on Social Theory at the University of Kentucky. His teaching and writing focus on such topics as social theory, disciplinary history, regional political economy, and the geography of transition and restructuring in South Africa and Eastern Europe.

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ISBN 10:  0898622948 ISBN 13:  9780898622942
Verlag: Guilford Publications, 1994
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