Mapping: A Critical Introduction to Cartography and GIS

by Jeremy W. Crampton

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.

Genres: Geography

240 pages, Paperback

First published December 15, 2009

Reviews

[Kirby McDonald · Rating 4 out of 5]

A really interesting review of why we need to approach the fields of cartography and geography from a critical perspective. I actually got to speak to the author which was pretty cool.

[Julia · Rating 5 out of 5]

The fact that this intro starts with a diss track of an opener in the aptly named chapter, "Maps: a perverse sense of the unseemly" and goes to call out current intro literature and the absence of cartography within them... Chef's kiss! Jermey W. Crampton you son of a bitch. I'm excited to embark on this journey with you.

Edit: Great read, though saying eugenics / eugenics research ended with the closing of the formal institution is questionable.

[Marcel Fortin · Rating 4 out of 5]

A few difficult to digest chapters, but overall a great introduction to the idea of critical GIS and cartography. The work is meant as an undergraduate textbook but I am not sure it will fill that role. The ideas in this text should be taught to undergraduates, but I am not convinced that this book will be the one that will help the teaching of these concepts.

[hIpnoticraQs · Rating 3 out of 5]

WOOHOO!!!!!!