Tool or science? GIS, technoscience, and the theoretical turn

Annals of the Association of American Geographers

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 363-372

  Pickles, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

GIS; SCIENCE;

EID: 0031437369     PISSN: 00045608     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0004-5608.00058     Document Type: Article

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