TY - BOOK ID - 14952958 TI - Policy issues in modern cartography PY - 1998 VL - 3 SN - 0080431119 9780080431116 9786611072094 1281072095 0080539181 9780080539188 9781281072092 PB - New York Pergamon DB - UniCat KW - Cartography KW - Geographic information systems KW - Government policy KW - Geographical information systems KW - GIS (Information systems) KW - Information storage and retrieval systems KW - Cartography, Primitive KW - Chartography KW - Map-making KW - Mapmaking KW - Mapping (Cartography) KW - Mathematical geography KW - Surveying KW - Map projection KW - Maps KW - Geography KW - Government policy. KW - Cartography - Government policy KW - Geographic information systems - Government policy UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:14952958 AB - Policy Issues in Modern Cartography addresses policy issues of special interest to cartographers. Some of them, such as copyright and intellectual property rights, are not new but take on new significance as a result of technological changes. Modern cartography is deeply interested in the technological advances of the information revolution and their impact on the discipline and profession. The vast majority of the growing literature in recent years has dealt with some aspect of technological change. What can be described as obsession with technological change has, in the last ER -