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Digital places : living with geographic information technologies / Michael R. Curry.

By: Curry, Michael RMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998. Description: xvi, 191 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN: 041513014X (hbk); 0415130158 (pbk)Subject(s): Geographic information systemsGenre/Form: geographic information systems. | Geographic information systems | Geographic information systems | Systèmes d'information géographique.DDC classification: 910/.285 LOC classification: G70.212 | .C87 1998
Contents:
Reason and language in geographic information systems -- On space in geographic information systems -- Optical consistency, technologies of location, and the limits of representation -- On the roots of geographic information systems -- The reshaping of geographic practice -- Who owns geographic information? -- The digital individual in a visible world -- Geographic information systems and the problem of ethical action -- Beyond PaleoGIS?
Summary: Digital Places: Living with Geographic Information Technologies shows that on each score the systems have been misunderstood and their impacts underestimated. By offering an understanding of geographic information systems within the social, economic, legal, political and ethical contexts within which they exist, the author shows that there are substantial limits to their ability to represent the very objects and relationships, people and places, that many believe to be most important.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 168-186) and index.

Reason and language in geographic information systems -- On space in geographic information systems -- Optical consistency, technologies of location, and the limits of representation -- On the roots of geographic information systems -- The reshaping of geographic practice -- Who owns geographic information? -- The digital individual in a visible world -- Geographic information systems and the problem of ethical action -- Beyond PaleoGIS?

Digital Places: Living with Geographic Information Technologies shows that on each score the systems have been misunderstood and their impacts underestimated. By offering an understanding of geographic information systems within the social, economic, legal, political and ethical contexts within which they exist, the author shows that there are substantial limits to their ability to represent the very objects and relationships, people and places, that many believe to be most important.