Mapping

"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. The book examines the key influences Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and cartography have on the study of geography and other related disciplines; represents the first in-depth summary of the `new cartography` that has appeared since the early 1990s; provides an explanation of what this new critical cartography is, why it is important, and how it is relevant to a broad, interdisciplinary set of readers; presents theoretical discussion supplemented with real-world case studies; and, brings together both a technical understanding of GIS and mapping as well as sensitivity to the importance of theory.