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"The History of Geographic Information Systems represents the first authoritative review on the evolution of geospatial technology." "This collection of original works provides both the expert and novice alike with a comprehensible appreciation of the historical events and pioneers responsible for today's GIS technology and applications. These authors represent key individuals who helped lead the development of GIS from the days of punch card computers...
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"The story of the rise of modern navigation technology, from radio location to GPS-and the consequent decline of privacy What does it mean to never get lost? You Are Here examines the rise of our technologically aided era of navigational omniscience-or how we came to know exactly where we are at all times. In a sweeping history of the development of location technology in the past century, Bray shows how radio signals created to carry telegraph messages...
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"From cholera to AIDS, Dr. Koch introduces you to the people who have created maps of disease - and what motivated them to map these phenomena. He carefully distinguishes the differences between mapmaking and map thinking, making clear through his examination of maps of disease what mapmakers and map readers everywhere should consider: maps shape the way you see the world. Reading Cartographies of Disease will make you think, and make you think more...
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