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SEPT 22 LECTURE
ENVS 4522
My emailmmaclennan@gmail.com
The class site…
What do we know?
But who’s problems and what solutions?
1 + 1 = 2If that > this
Mathemitical logic
Unions, Intersections, Merges
GIS is not value neutral.
GIS can lie and mislead.
Distortion Types
Scale
Projection
Symbolization
Symbology
GIS is more than just a tool.
Reflection of Societal and Technological Conditions of the
time.
Limited by its perceived use.
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Portable GIS
Defines what kinds of GIS we have today.
1990’s - Initiative 19
GIS in a Democracy
Supporting Top-down
Improve access
Emergence of PPGIS
Accessibility
Mental Maps
Limitations
Duality of GIS