Review of New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map
Published in Cartographic Perspectives, 2018
Abstract
New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map reinvigorates some of the discussions that GIScience scholars have debated for decades by presenting material that is sub- stantial without being impenetrable. I would recommend this book to anyone studying GIScience, and especially to those interested in GIS and Society, though Wilson’s discussions are also relevant to the GIS community at
large. It may also appeal to those interested in the digital humanities, particularly humanities GIS. This book challenges everyone who usually deals primarily with the technical issues of GIS to more carefully consider the impacts of these technologies on society; I know it challenged me.
Review of New Lines: Critical GIS and the Trouble of the Map by Matthew W Wilson (Minnesota, 2017) for Cartographic Perspectives, a publication of NACIS.
ISBN: 978-0-8166-9853-0