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Policy Issues in Modern Cartography
- 1st Edition, Volume 3 - October 16, 1998
- Editor: D.R. Fraser Taylor
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 4 - 5 4 2 4 9 - 6
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 3 9 1 8 - 8
Policy Issues in Modern Cartography contains the views of national mapping agencies, legal scholars, the library community, the private sector and academia on these and many othe… Read more
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Request a sales quotePolicy Issues in Modern Cartography contains the views of national mapping agencies, legal scholars, the library community, the private sector and academia on these and many other important issues. The book begins with perspectives from national mapping agencies in Britain, Canada and the United States followed by a survey of the situation in Asia. The next three chapters deal primarily with legal issues such as copyright and intellectual property from both North American and European perspectives. Chapter 8 presents an important perspective on the key issues by a representative of the private sector followed by six chapters written primarily by academics including an important contribution by a map librarian. The volume concludes with an assessment of the challenges remaining.
- No. of pages: 276
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 3
- Published: October 16, 1998
- Imprint: Pergamon
- Paperback ISBN: 9780444542496
- eBook ISBN: 9780080539188
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D.R. Fraser Taylor
He produced two of the world’s first computer atlases in 1970. His many publications continue to have a major impact on the field. In 1997, he introduced the innovative new paradigm of cybercartography. He and his team are creating a whole new genre of online multimedia and multisensory atlases including several in cooperation with indigenous communities. He has also published several influential contributions to development studies and many of his publications deal with the relationship between cartography and development in both a national and an international context.