GIS Ethics: GUS 8069

From the University Consortium for Geographic Information Science (UCGIS), Body of Knowledge documents the domain of geographic information science and its associated technologies (GIS&T).

Maps and mapping are fundamentally political. Whether they are authoritarian, hegemonic, participatory or critical, they are most often guided by the desire to have control over space, and always involve power relations. This book takes stock of the knowledge acquired and the debates conducted in the field of critical cartography over some thirty years. The Politics of Mapping includes analyses of recent semiological, social and technological innovations in the production and use of maps and, more generally, geographical information.

Brings together interdisciplinary perspectives on geographical topics and techniques of interest across the social sciences, humanities, science, and medicine.

Covers classic GIS topics as well as GIS-related commercial and societal applications.

Multivolume update of the Encyclopedia of Science Technology and Ethics. After connecting to the resource, use the Search Within Publication box to find chapters of interest (e.g. "Geographic Information Systems")

Surveillance is both globalized in cooperative schemes, such as sharing biometric data, and localized in the daily minutiae of social life. This handbook explores the empirical, theoretical and ethical issues around surveillance and its use in daily life.

Aimed at academics, researchers, postgraduates, and GIS practitioners, this Handbook is a the basic reference for any inquiry applying GIS to societal issues.

A reference guide to the field of Geographic Information Science that has chapters on participatory GIS, information sharing, personal privacy, and other topics.