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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.Pickles, John is the author of 'Ground Truth The Social Implications of Geographic Information Systems' with ISBN 9780898622959 and ISBN 0898622956.
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